Die elfte Jungfrau
2007
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4.37
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Cologne during carnival 1377.The atmosphere in the town before the beginning of Lent is lively and merry. But the young Beguine Almut Bossart is there has been an increasing number of tragic accidents among the young women in the town. When one of the novice nuns disappears, Almut has a terrible suspicion and starts looking into the matter. But there is no hope for the missing novice – it is not long before she is found dead with a broken neck. Almut, Father Ivo and the deaf and dumb Trine bring a horrific series of murders to they discover that ten virgins have already been killed in a similar manner. In midst the carnival jollities, they come across a flourishing trade in relics. In the process, they uncover illicit sexual activities among clerics and a profane money-making business; they find unholy piety, evil slander and two-faced flattery; and they learn to distinguish between true and false obsession. But before they can tie all the ends together, young Trine gets into great danger … Press Press comments on Andrea Schacht's Beguine novels ""Gripping to the last line – you'll love Almut!"" BILD ""Well worth reading! The characters have been created with affection, and the story is really absorbing."" Kölnische Rundschau ""A racy historical detective story with a lot of humour!"" Die Bunte ""Unputdownable!"" Echo der Frau ""A novel full of affection, sympathy, confused monks and a heroine with a razor-sharp mind. A pleasure to read!"" BILD Author Andrea Schacht, born in 1956, worked for a long time as industrial engineer and as a management consultant before giving in to her childhood dream of becoming a writer. Following the success of her novels 'The Dark Mirror' and 'The Work of the She-Devil', this is the fourth historical Cologne novel with the sharp-tongued Almut as the leading character.
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