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The Ghost of Rataskaevu Street

An Apothecary Melchior Mystery
By Indrek Hargla
Series: The Apothecary Melchior Mysteries
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What links a prostitute, a Flemish painter and a tower watchman? All three claim to have seen a ghost on the same street in fifteenth-century Tallinn. And all of them have been found dead soon after. Melchior Wakenstede, apothecary, is charged with unearthing the truth behind... Read More
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What links a prostitute, a Flemish painter and a tower watchman?

All three claim to have seen a ghost on the same street in fifteenth-century Tallinn. And all of them have been found dead soon after.

Melchior Wakenstede, apothecary, is charged with unearthing the truth behind these seemingly-supernatural murders. But when a pious and powerful merchant dies, along with a castrated and disfigured tramp, Melchior perceives a more medical connection between the deaths.

Melchior must rise above the competing interests of merchant guilds, religious orders and Teutonic knights, to get to the bottom of the mystery.

The Ghost of Rataskaevu Street is a thrilling mystery that will transport you to the atmospheric streets of Tallinn, where danger and intrigue lurk around every corner.

Series: The Apothecary Melchior Mysteries

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    The Ghost of Rataskaevu Street
    What links a prostitute, a Flemish painter and a tower watchman? All three claim to have seen a ghost on the same street in fifteenth-century Tallinn. And all of them have been found dead soon after. Melchior Wakenstede, apothecary, is charged with unearthing the truth behind these seemingly-supernatural murders. But when a pious and powerful merchant dies, along with a...
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ISBN: 9781805335764

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pushkin Vertigo

Contributors:

  • Translated by Christopher Moseley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Indrek Hargla is one of Estonia's best-known and most prolific crime writers. Hargla's Apothecary Melchior Mysteries, set in fifteenth-century Tallinn and starring a detective pharmacist named Melchior Wakenstede, have been translated into five languages, adapted for stage and were the basis for a popular Estonian film trilogy. He is also a screenwriter and an award-winning writer of science fiction and fantasy. Originally a senior lawyer in the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hargla has been a full-time writer since 2012.

Christopher Moseley is a translator from Estonian, Latvian, Finnish and the Scandinavian languages. After nineteen years' service at the BBC, he became a freelance translator and editor in 2005. He has translated novels from Estonian by Andrus KivirΓ€hk, Ilmar Taska, and most recently A.H. Tammsaare.

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