Death wears red boots

This historical adventure novel with a detective plot is set in medieval Prague in the autumn of 1396. The main character is Václav, the underchief of the Old Town of Prague, who faces a difficult task: to track down the killers of a young gentleman, Henry Bludovsky, murdered right in the marketplace. In addition, he intends to find the stolen chest with the money of the Grand Duke Ebrlin, which disappeared at the time of the murder. So Václav has his worries taken care of, especially when he is still faced with the constant strife of the Old Town citizens, the abandoned house by the cemetery is haunted and every now and then Václav's wife contributes her bit to the mill...