{"product_id":"9780547807683","title":"The Dark Monk (Hangman's Daughter Series #2)","description":"THE ANTICIPATED FOLLOWUP TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, \u003cem\u003eTHE HANGMAN’S DAUGHTER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1660: Winter has settled thick over a sleepy village in the Bavarian Alps, ensuring every farmer and servant is indoors the night a parish priest discovers he's been poisoned. As numbness creeps up his body, he summons the last of his strength to scratch a cryptic sign in the frost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing a trail of riddles, hangman Jakob Kuisl; his headstrong daughter Magdalena; and the town physician’s son team up with the priest’s aristocratic sister to investigate. What they uncover will lead them back to the Crusades, unlocking a troubled history of internal church politics and sending them on a chase for a treasure of the Knights Templar. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut they’re not the only ones after the legendary fortune. A team of dangerous and mysterious monks is always close behind, tracking their every move, speaking Latin in the shadows, giving off a strange, intoxicating scent. And to throw the hangman off their trail, they have ensured he is tasked with capturing a band of thieves roving the countryside attacking solitary travelers and spreading panic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelivering on the promise of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Hangman’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, once again based on prodigious historical research into Pötzsch’s  family tree, \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Monk\u003c\/em\u003e takes us on a whirlwind tour through the occult hiding places of Bavaria’s ancient monasteries, bringing to life an unforgettable compassionate hangman and his tenacious daughter, painting a robust tableau of a seventeenth-century Bavaria still negotiating the lasting impacts of war, and quickening our pulses with a gripping, mesmerizing mystery.","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46270240358641,"sku":"9780547807683","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780547807683_p0.jpg?v=1765093382","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547807683","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}