Publisher's Synopsis
Free imperial city of Nuremberg 1582: Meister Frantz is called to a case of rape, not as executioner, however, but as a discreet healer-a situation he's not comfortable with at all. Clara, the fourteen-year-old maid of an embroiderer refuses to press charges. With the Easter holidays coming up, the authorities are mostly occupied with preparations for the election of the inner council anyway. Despite these obstacles, Frantz can't just leave a rapist at large in his city. Who is the girl trying to protect, and why?
