The Hangman's Daughter

Set in 1659 Bavaria, The Hangman's Daughter tells the story of Magdalena, the daughter of a despised hangman, and the town's suspicion of the local midwife as a witch. Magdalena joins her father and a local boy to find the true killer and clear the midwife's name. Against the backdrop of beliefs in the devil and witchcraft, the hangman and his daughter face a terrifying enemy. The novel takes readers back to a time when autopsies were blasphemous, and the devil was as real as anything.