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In this extraordinary, carefully crafted story, every word is a possible clue, and the characters are so engaged that the reader must join in trying to help them solve the puzzle.
In 1666, about fifty citizens of Schongau set off on a pilgrimage to the Andechs monastery, including the physician Simon Fronwieser and his wife Magdalena, the executioner's daughter. In the monastery, Simon meets the mysterious Friar Virgilius, a watchmaker and is fascinated by the friar's inventions and automata, although the other monks in the monastery fear the innovations, considering them witchcraft. When two of the friar's assistants are found dead and Friar Virgilius disappears, everything is blamed on Friar Johannes, a monk who hides his bloody past. It seems that Jakob Kuisl, the executioner of Schongau, is also part of that past, and he rushes to Andechs to help Simon and Magdalena discover who is behind the recent murders. The trio from Schongau set out in search of the murderer, but in doing so, they underestimate the great danger that lurks...
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