Hrobárov almanach (slovensky) – Pötzsch Oliver (2022)

Vienna is haunted by death, and only one person can uncover its secrets. The year is 1893. Augustin Rothmayer works as a gravedigger at the famous central cemetery in Vienna. He is somewhat peculiar but immensely knowledgeable and is writing the first almanac for gravediggers. However, his peace is disrupted by young police inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt, who needs an expert on death. Several servants have been murdered in Vienna, and the killer has impaled each one. The gravedigger has seen all kinds of bodies, knows all the causes of death and stages of decomposition. He understands that impalement is one of the ancient methods of keeping corpses underground so they do not harm the living. Is a superstitious serial killer rampaging through Vienna? The inspector and the gravedigger embark on an investigation together and discover that lurking behind the beautiful city lies destruction. Bestselling author Oliver Pötzsch takes us to Vienna at the turn of the century, to the darkest corners of the city during a time when the foundations of modern criminology were being laid. He introduces us to investigative methods that forever changed the world of inspectors and commissioners, criminals, and murderers.