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Publication
Amazon Crossing (2013), 512 pages
Description
In 1666, Magdalena, the hangman's daughter, and her physician husband arrive at Andechs Abbey where they, along with Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of Schongau, set out to find the mysterious Brother Virgilius, a monk, watchmaker and inventor who disappeared after creating an eerie automata.
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LibraryThing member ScoutJ
Still good, but almost becoming a bit formulaic.
LibraryThing member thiscatsabroad
Ohhhhh - I was sooooo disappointed. 4th in a series and now´s it become super formulaic. It would have been okay had its editor had a firmer hand, but it was about 100 pages too long. :(
LibraryThing member yvonne.sevignykaiser
Still enjoying the characters and the time period of this series.
The series idea came from the real life hangman in the author's ancestry.
The series idea came from the real life hangman in the author's ancestry.
LibraryThing member fbswss
Good but gosh Magdalena and Simon's marriage is annoying. Magdalena's a useless nag. And why did those KIDS have to pop up so suddenly in the stories? UGH
LibraryThing member LibraryCin
3.5 stars
This is book 4 of the series. Jakob is the hangman in a small town in Bavaria; Magdalena is his adult daughter. She married “above her station” to the local doctor, Simon, and they have two young sons. Magdalena and Simon have gone to the next town over on a pilgrimage. They are at a
I quite enjoyed this installment of the series. I hate when I’m not sure how to rate something, though. 3.5 is good, and that’s how I felt through most of the book. I never lost interest in the almost 500-page book, but at the same time, it wasn’t really a “page-turner”, either. Boy, the number of times everyone seemed to insult others, though! I still enjoyed it enough, though, to continue with the series.
This is book 4 of the series. Jakob is the hangman in a small town in Bavaria; Magdalena is his adult daughter. She married “above her station” to the local doctor, Simon, and they have two young sons. Magdalena and Simon have gone to the next town over on a pilgrimage. They are at a
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monastery when two murdered monks are discovered and a third has disappeared along with an automaton one of the monks had been working on. Jakob comes to help find out what’s going on. I quite enjoyed this installment of the series. I hate when I’m not sure how to rate something, though. 3.5 is good, and that’s how I felt through most of the book. I never lost interest in the almost 500-page book, but at the same time, it wasn’t really a “page-turner”, either. Boy, the number of times everyone seemed to insult others, though! I still enjoyed it enough, though, to continue with the series.
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