THE APOTHECARY OF WHITE LADIES CONVENT - Historical Crime Novel

  • Of toxic poisons and healing herbs: high-stakes suspense meets medieval medical history.
  • Ines Thorn's saga Die Buchhändlerin (Vol. I–II) sold 50,000 copies, with rights sold to Italy (TEA).

Hangmen, whores, and high society ... and a young convent woman investigating her very first case.

Frankfurt, 1364. Within the stone walls of the Convent of the White Ladies, Doria dedicates her life to the art of herbal healing, using her vast knowledge to tend to the outcasts and the poor - executioners and whores alike. But the holy peace is a facade: a mute, brutally abused girl is discovered on the banks of the Main River and seeks refuge at the convent. Clutched in her hands is a signet ring belonging to the powerful patrician Von Onken family.

Shortly after, Alderman Balthasar von Onken is found dead, white foam glistening on his lips. A poisoning? And is it linked to the mute stranger? Driven by her desire to help the girl, Doria is dragged into a treacherous crossfire of power, greed, and forbidden knowledge. Together with her only confidant, the executioner Konrad, she must unravel the deadly secrets of Frankfurt’s elite and venture deep into the city's darkest shadows.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 13.11.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-02016-2
  • 352 Pages
  • Author: Ines Thorn

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Ines Thorn was born in Leipzig in 1964. After training to become a bookseller, she studied German, Slavic languages, and cultural philosophy. She lives and works in Frankfurt am Main. She has been writing successful historical novels for a long time.