True events inspired this werewolf trial novel

Inspired by true events, The Wolf Trial is a historical epic telling the horrifying tale of a man whose crimes were thought so great, locals wanted to try him as a werewolf.

Fictionalising the first documented case of a convicted serial killer, the Herald writer tells the story of Peter Stumpf, a 16th-century German landowner accused of brutally murdering dozens of people, while a lawyer fights superstition and the cruelty of those who fear what they don’t understand.

The Wolf Trial, by Neil Mackay, Freight Books, £13.99.

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