#Oliver Pötzsch

[thelovelygods]

Rising into the sky beyond, like plague boils on the body of an incurably sick man, were the hills of Rome.

Oliver Pötzsch, The Devil’s Pawn (trans. Lisa Reinhardt)

[weirdjanuary]

Ma tutti a ottobre escono?!! Il secondo di Oliver Pötzsch. Promette molto bene e sono contenta di ritrovare questa insolita coppia! Data di uscita: 29 ottobre.

--- Sinossi. Vienna, 1894. Augustin Rothmayer, il singolare becchino del cimitero centrale, uomo colto che sa tutto sulla morte, riceve un’insolita richiesta dall’ispettore Leopold von Herzfeldt, con cui ha già collaborato in precedenza: deve raccontargli tutto sulla conservazione dei defunti. La richiesta nasce dal nuovo caso che Leopold è stato incaricato di risolvere: nel Kunsthistorisches Museum è stato rinvenuto un sarcofago contenente un cadavere. Ma non si tratta di una mummia vecchia di secoli. Il morto è un famoso professore di egittologia il cui corpo è stato preparato solo di recente secondo un antico rito. Si ipotizza subito che il professore sia rimasto vittima di una maledizione. Ma né Rothmayer né von Herzfeldt credono a una spiegazione soprannaturale. Il professore è stato ucciso, ne sono certi. Nel frattempo Vienna è scossa da una brutale serie di omicidi. I corpi orribilmente martoriati di alcuni giovani vengono ritrovati in varie zone della città. E, come se non bastasse, la morte di un guardiano dello zoo del Prater solleva numerosi interrogativi. Per la modalità degli omicidi, l’investigatore e il becchino nutrono forti sospetti che a commetterli sia stata un’unica mano, che ora minaccia anche loro. «Osservò le fotografie a una a una, pensierosa. Il caos nel capannone, poi i primi piani. Le terribili ferite, il sangue che nelle immagini appariva nero, il volto truccato del ragazzino, gli occhi sbarrati dal terrore… C’era qualcosa che la turbava, qualcosa di diverso da come sarebbe dovuto essere. Ma che cosa?»

[benedictusantonius]

[2024|036] The Poisoned Pilgrim (Der Hexer und die Henkerstochter) (2012) written by Oliver Pötzsch

[skeleton-richard]

Currently reading The Devil’s Pawn by Oliver Pötzsch

[baconcolacan]

Do you like any book series?

Oooh I already answered this one but here, copy pasted from the ask that's like yours ^^:

For books I’ll always recommend the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld, if you’re into historical war retellings with steampunk aspects.

The Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancy if ya fancy some monster horror

The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa if you’re into faeries and smoochin faeries I guess lol

Steelheart series by Brandon Sanderson and Villains series by V.E. Schwab if you like post-apocalyptic/dark superheroes stories.

aaaand Ascendance series by Jennifer Nielsen which is a series I read when I was younger which is about war, royal conspiracy, and all that funky stuff lol

Of course I also love some of the classics like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes plus lots of the Shakespearean plays bc I’m a stupid theater kid wjsjfjsnd

[astrid297]

October JOMP Book Photo Challenge

Day Eight: Matching Covers

The Hangman's Daughter series by Oliver Pötzsch

[empress-of-snark]

25 Books to Read in 2025!

For the past two years, this challenge has gotten me to finally read several books that had been collecting dust on my shelves, and while not all of them were great, I felt satisfied in getting to check them off the list.

Now for next year!

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Alienist by Caleb Carr

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

When Women Ruled the World by Kara Cooney

The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Talking it Over by Julian Barnes

The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neill

The Crimes of Charlotte Brontë by James Tully

A Death in Live Oak by James Grippando

The Savage Girl by Alex Shakar

The Poisoned Pilgrim by Oliver Pötzsch

Joe Gould’s Teeth by Jill Lepore

Noises Off by Michael Frayn

Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes

Sherlock Holmes in Dallas by Edmund Aubrey

As with the past two years, I'll be regularly editing this post and crossing off the books I've read to keep count of my progress. Wish me luck!

[melancholicflat]

TBR List for 2025

Free Fall by Nicolai Lilin

The Breath of the Dark by Nicolai Lilin

A Place I've Never Been by David Leavitt (ENG)

The View From the Ground by Martha Gellhorn (ENG) ⏳

The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner

Tchipayuk or The Way of the Wolf by Ronald Lavallée

Clara And Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland

Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell

Maestro by Geir Tangen

Codice Shakespeare by Elvira Siringo

The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda

Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin

The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch

The Angelic Avengers by Karen Blixen

The Way of Fire by Christian Jacq (ENG)

The Great Secret by Christian Jacq (ENG)

White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra (ENG)

Castles by Julie Garwood (ENG)

The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood (ENG)

Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Nana comic (ebook)

Diarios Completos de Sylvia Plath (SPA) ⏳

W.I.T.C.H. comic (ENG) [ch.17]

Song for Cantalagua comic (SPA) [ch.42]

The Beauty of Everything by Soetsu Yanagi (ENG)

Nada by Carmen Laforet (SPA)

Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys (ENG)

Le silence de la mer by Vercors (FRE)

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh (ENG)

La Place by Annie Ernaux (FRE)

The Laugh of Medusa by Hélène Cixous (ENG)

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (ENG)

Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag (ENG)

The Body in Pain by Elaine Scarry (ENG)

The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins (ENG)

[oldowlshollow]

intro:

i figured i would put up a pinned post as a sort of directory to make navigation easier since i reblog a lot in between my art/writing, and maybe include some basic information so i'm not like a ghost floating around here.

favorite book(s): LOTR/all things tolkien, phantom by susan kay, the expanse series by james s a corey, mary stewart's merlin trilogy, the song of acheillese by madeline miller, the hangman's daughter series by oliver pötzsch, darker shade of magic series by V.E schwab, jack whyte's camulod chronicles

favorite tv series: spartacus, the last kingdom, bbc merlin, arcane

favorite movie: jim henson's labyrinth

favorite games: dragon age (origins/awakening), elder scrolls (oblivion/skyrim), stardew valley

favorite podcast: mr. ballen & his medical mysteries

i always make illustrations to go with the drabbles i write here, so i'll include both art and stories under this tag: #doodle

please feel free to send any DMs, asks, and requests! i'm not an "official" commission artist, though i'm not opposed to working something out if you really want a more detailed piece done by me. otherwise, i am just super appreciative of likes, reblogs, and conversation! thanks for checking out my stuff + following!

[theladyofbloodshed]

For the ask game: 1, 5, 11, 13 and 30

do u prefer a standalone or a series? I love series because I can't always get attached to characters in just one book - or I do get attached and miss that we don't have more time together.

5. enemies to lovers or friends to lovers? I will be honest and I haven't actually read many enemies to lovers books, but I do enjoy friends to lovers. Peeta really raised the bar there.

11. the best book u have ever read? This is so hard!! Wolf brother captivated me like no other book when i was 14 and I still go back to the series and adore it. Goblet of Fire was my favourite book for like 10 years and I've read it over 50 times. I used to just read it, finish, start again (and we did a quiz about that book against kids at waterstones, not knowing we'd be the only people without kids, and i absolutely destroyed the competition lmao).

13. ur fav author( if u have any)? Terry Pratchett <3 I was fortunate enough to get a ticket to his memorial and I sobbed like a baby

30. give any 3 book recs to ur followers!

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucia - post-historical plague, Cass can see the dead and is trying to return home after 3 years spent in a rotting prison, but assassins are targeting the queen. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch - Set in 17th Century Bavaria, Magdalena is the daughter of the hangman and her father is tasked with getting a confession about a woman they accuse of witchcraft.

Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Roth - Clementine is ready to take over from her father as the ward who prevents magic from flowing to the village every full moon. Two magicians show up and challenge them to the rights to the village and there is a curse afoot.

[fraugoethe]

Familie Kuisl auf Reisen

Die Henkerstocher und das Vermächtnis des Henkers von Oliver Pötzsch Schongau, 1683. Der Henker von Schongau soll auf seine Enkeltochter Sophia aufpassen, während ihre Eltern mit dem Bruder nach Passau pilgern. Ausgerechnet jetzt bekommt er einen Brief von einem früheren Kriegskameraden, der ihn bittet, nach Passau zu kommen. Von einem Schatz ist die Rede. Der reisefreudige Henker lässt sich das…

[freshlybrewedbookreviews]

The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch

I don't have much to say on this one: it was fine, if you're a fan of witch trials and adventures (which I am). I didn't really dislike it or like it all that much, so don't have too much else to add. The animated illustrations that accompanied it on my e-reader were fun, though.

[benedictusantonius]

[2024|022] The Beggar King (Die Henkerstochter und der König der Bettler) (2010) written by Oliver Pötzsch

[skeleton-richard]

2 and 22

2. Did you reread anything? What? - I just finished listening to My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix! This was my second time reading it and it was so good.

22. What’s the longest book you read? - I don’t know, actually. I’m guessing it was either The Master’s Apprentice or The Devil’s Pawn, both by Oliver Pötzsch.

[freckles-and-books]

Still reading The Hangman’s Daughter

[contedivaldoca]

La scienza apre porte inimmaginabili a colui che non si chiude di fronte a essa

“Il mago e la figlia del boia”, O. Pötzsch