Cory Barclay
ASIN: B01MSEI8EM
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 363
It’s 1588. A killer is terrorizing the German countryside. Reports say the legendary Werewolf of Bedburg has returned to hunt unsuspecting Catholics and Protestants, while the two religious factions battle for dominance in a war-torn region. Investigator Heinrich Franz is tasked with finding the killer—whomever or whatever it may be. Everyone’s a suspect in his cold, calculating eyes. A few people raise suspicion: a strange hunter who’s recently stumbled into town; a priest trying to keep the peace among his frightened townsfolk; an affluent farmer’s daughter in over her head. In a time when life is cheap and secrets run rampant, these four divergent souls find themselves entwined in a treacherous mystery, navigating the volatile landscape of 16th century Germany. They’re fighting to keep their sanity—and their lives.Devil in the Countryside is a dark historical mystery based on one of ...