The Hangman's Daughter

a well-researched, but in no way plodding, crime story set in Early Modern Bavaria, shortly after the end of the 30 Years' War. Paced well, interesting characters. The translation was quite good–a few moments where I heard the German original seeping through (as in multiple uses of the same English word in a sentence where the original likely had two or three different German words for similar concepts)
I will likely try to get the next one in the original, though, and add it to my escapist summer reading list.