Oliver Pötzsch

The New York Times bestselling author of The Hangman's Daughter returns with the first volume in a brand-new mystery series which introduces a gravedigger and young inspector who must stop a serial killer in fin de siecle Vienna—the period during which modern criminology was born. Vienna, 1893...

Germany, 1660: When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play in his small Bavarian town....

Wenn in Wien der Tod umgeht, gibt es nur einen, der ihm alle Geheimnisse entlocken kann! Ein spektakulärer Kriminalroman von Bestsellerautor...

When the mummified remains of a famed Egyptologist are discovered in the Vienna art museum, Inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt reunites with gravedigger Augustin Rothmayer to excavate the city’s dark underbelly in this thrilling historical mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The...

In this thrilling adventure by bestselling author Oliver Pötzsch, thirteen-year-old Lukas has been trained as a swordsman by his father, a nobleman who was once a famed Musketeer....

1486: Knittlingen ist ein ruhiger Ort im Kraichgau. Bis zu dem Tag, als die Gaukler in die Stadt kommen - und plötzlich Kinder verschwinden...

Geht in Wien ein tödlicher Fluch um? Wien 1894: Totengräber Augustin Rothmayer wird von Inspektor Leopold von Herzfeldt um einen...

This thrilling fourth entry in the Hangman's Daughter series features scheming monks, murderous robots, and the action and intrigue that never seem to cease when the Kuisls are on a case....

Ein blutiges Ritual erschüttert das vornehme Wien des Jahres 1896: Bei einer vermeintlich satanistischen Messe wurde eine junge Frau bestialisch ermordet – ihre Kehle durchgeschnitten, Zunge und Herz fehlen.

While putting away books from an estate sale purchase, rare book-dealer Steven Lukas finds a box he's never seen before wedged between books on a high shelf....

Der goldene Herbst 1518 neigt sich dem Ende. Sechs Jahre sind vergangen, seitdem der berühmte Magier Johann Georg Faustus aus Nürnberg...

Gemeinsam mit seiner Tochter Magdalena und ihrem Mann Simon reist der Henker Jakob Kuisl im Jahre 1668 nach Bamberg...

In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolt against the harsh treatment by their aristocratic overlords....

A young man’s destined quest becomes a dance with the devil in a mesmerizing retelling of the Faust legend by the bestselling author of the Hangman’s Daughter series....

It is 1648, a small village in the Alps: In the thick of a blizzard,a town priest discovers he’s been poisoned....

1662: Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of a village in the Alps, receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit....

In 1668, hangman Jakob Kuisl, his daughter Magdalena, and her husband Simon are traveling to the town of Bamberg....

It is 1670 and Simon Fronwieser is in the town of Oberammergau to bring his seven-year-old son to boarding school....

A showman’s fate is in the hands of the devil in an enthralling novel inspired by the Faust legend from the bestselling author of the Hangman’s Daughter series....

Der Schongauer Henker Jakob Kuisl reist im Februar 1672 zum Scharfrichtertreffen nach München. Erstmals hat ihn der Rat der Zwölf dazu eingeladen...