This is book three of the "Hangman's Daughter" series and the second one I've read. I found this story to be better than the first book. In the mid-1600s the Schongau hangman, Jakob Kuisl, receives a message that his sister in the city of Regensberg is seriously ill. He travels to the city to find his sister and brother-in-law murdered. Jakob is arrested for the murder and will be tortured if he doesn't confess. Meanwhile his daughter, Magdalena and her lover, the medicus Simon Fronweiser decide to leave Schongau where their relationship is frowned upon. They head to the city only to discover her father imprisoned. Magdalena and Simon begin their own investigation in hopes of saving him but find themselves to be fugitives. With the help of the Beggar King, the one who runs the "guild" of Regensberg beggars, the pair finds much wrong in the town including a plot to destroy the German rulers. Their are plenty of plot twists and interesting characters as well as historical details. There is added material about the city of Regensberg with commentary on which historical buildings were used as locations in the story.
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