A Death in Vienna
New York : Grove Press, [2005]
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 458 pages : map ; 24 cm
In Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, Max Liebermann is at the forefront of psychoanalysis, practicing the controversial new science with all the skill of a master detective. Every dream, inflection, or slip of tongue in his "hysterical" patients has meaning and reveals some hidden truth. When a mysterious and beautiful medium dies under extraordinary circumstances, Max's good friend, Detective Oskar Rheinhardt, calls for his expert assistance. The medium's body has been found in a room that can only be locked from the inside. Her body has been shot, but there's no gun and absolutely no trace of a bullet. On a table lies a suicide note, claiming that there is "such a thing as forbidden knowledge." All signs point to a supernatural killer, but Liebermann the scientist is not so easily convinced. Set in the Vienna of Freud, Klimt, and Mahler, a time of unprecedented activity in the worlds of philosophy, science, and art, A Death in Vienna is an elegantly written novel, taut with suspense and rich in historical details.
Subjects:
Forensic psychiatrists -- Fiction.
Women mediums -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Police -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction.
Vienna (Austria) -- Fiction.
Forensic psychiatrists -- Fiction.
Women mediums -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Police -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction.
Vienna (Austria) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0802118151
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
M Tallis | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Mystery | In |
Map on lining paper.
Originally published: London : Century, 2005, in series: The Liebermann papers.
Originally published: London : Century, 2005, in series: The Liebermann papers.