Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church

Indrek Hargla

• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780720618440
• eBook ISBN: 9780720618747
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Crime & Mystery Literature
• Index: Literature

The first in a series of books that have taken Europe by storm and are soon to be filmed, featuring a chemist-turned-sleuth who battles ignorance and superstition—as well as killers—in a beautiful setting and in a gripping and mysterious era of history
The Apothecary Melchior series plunges the reader into 15th-century Tallinn when Estonia is at the edge of Christian lands and the last foothold before the East: a town of foreign merchants and engineers, dominated by the mighty castle of Toompea and the construction of St Olaf's Church, soon to become the tallest building in the world. Apothecary Melchior is a divisive figure in the town: respected for his arcane knowledge and scientific curiosity but also slightly feared for his mystical witch-doctor aura. When a mysterious murder occurs in the castle, Melchior is called in to help find the killer and reveals a talent for detection. But Tallinn has a serial killer in its midst, and Melchior is tested to the limit in a plot with as many twists and turns as the turreted castle itself. Melchior uncovers a mystery surrounding St Olaf's and a secret society that has been controlling the town for years, uncovering truths about the town that may spell danger.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Praise for Apothecary Melchior
• Title Page
• Foreword
• 1: Toompea - 15 May, Late Evening
• 2: Melchior’s Pharmacy, Rataskaevu Street - 16 May, Morning
• 3: Tallinn Town Hall - 16 May, Morning
• 4: Goldsmith Casendorpe’s Workshop, Kuninga Street - 16 May, Morning
• 5: Tallinn Market Square - 16 May, Morning
• 6: The Dominican Monastery - 16 May, Morning
• 7: Melchior’s Pharmacy - 16 May, Morning
• 8: Near St Nicholas’s Church - 16 May, Before Midday
• 9: Toompea, Small Castle of the Order - 16 May, Midday
• 10: Rataskaevu Street - 16 May, Afternoon
• 11: Munga Street - 16 May, After Vespers
• 12: The Dominican Monastery - 16 May, Before Evening Mass
• 13: The Guildhall of the Brotherhood of Blackheads - 16 May, Evening
• 14: Beyond the Town Walls, SÜstermaye Tavern - 17 May, Late Morning
• 15: Melchior’s Pharmacy, Rataskaevu Street - 17 May, Afternoon
• 16: Kuninga Street - 17 May, After Sunset
• 17: Rataskaevu Street - 17 May, Late Evening
• 18: Melchior’s Pharmacy, Rataskaevu Street - 17–18 May, Night
• 19: St Nicholas’s Churchyard - 18 May, Early Morning
• 20: The Dominican Monastery - 18 May, Early Morning
• 21: Between the Dominican Monastery and Tallinn Town Hall - 18 May, Before Midday
• 22: At the Chessboard - 18 May, Mid-Afternoon
• 23: The Guildhall of the Brotherhood of Blackheads - 18 May, Evening
• 24: Melchior’s Pharmacy, Rataskaevu Street - 18 May, Around Midnight
• 25: Rataskaevu Street - 19 May, Morning
• 26: The Dominican Monastery - 19 May, Mid-Morning
• 27: Near Seppade Gate - 19 May, Around Noon
• 28: Mertin Tweffell’s House, Rataskaevu Street - 19 May, Afternoon
• 29: The Tallinn Magistrate’s Official Chambers Alongside Town Hall Square - 19 May, Evening
• 30: The Tallinn Magistrate’s Official Chambers Alongside Town Hall Square - 19 May, Evening
• 31: St Michael’s Convent, the Brewery Tavern - 22 May, Afternoon
• Toompea in the Fifteenth Century
• The Lower Town of Tallinn in the Fifteenth Century
• Copyright
• Some authors