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The gravedigger's almanac : a novel / Oliver Pötzsch ; translated from the German by Lisa Reinhardt.

Pötzsch, Oliver, (author.).

Summary:

"Vienna, 1893. A gravedigger at the city's famous Central Cemetery, Augustin Rothmayer is an unorthodox yet highly educated oddball who finds solace amongst the dead as well as in the writing the pages of the first almanac of his profession. But his fragile peace is abruptly disturbed when young inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt, an ambitious young transfer from Graz, arrives in need of help from someone expert in death. No one knows the subject better than Augustin Rothmeyer. A superstitious killer is on the loose. His victims include several maids, each brutally staked. Recognizing the killer is using an ancient ritual for keeping the undead buried, the gravedigger joins the inspector on a journey that will take them deep into the underworld of their glamorous cosmopolitan city. In their search for a depraved monster, they receive unexpected help from telephone operator Julia Wolf, who impresses them with her unusual insight even as she fights her own personal demons." --provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063348349
  • ISBN: 0063348349
  • Physical Description: 398 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First Harpervia edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harpervia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Leopold von Herzfeldt case."
Originally published as Das Buch des Totengräbers: Ein Fall für Leopold von Herzfeldt in Germany in 2021 by Ullstein Paperback Verlag. -- tp verso
Subject: Gravediggers > Austria > Vienna > 19th century > Fiction.
Serial murderers > Austria > Vienna > 19th century > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Vienna (Austria) > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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