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Published Jan 2008
496 pages
Genre: Mysteries
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Paperback original. In the grip of a Siberian winter in 1902, a serial killer in Vienna embarks upon a bizarre campaign of murder. Vicious mutilation, a penchant for arcane symbols, and a seemingly random choice of victim are his most distinctive peculiarities. Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt summons a young disciple of Freud - his friend Dr. Max Liebermann — to assist him with the case. The investigation draws them into the sphere of Vienna’s secret societies — a murky underworld of German literary scholars, race theorists, and scientists inspired by the new evolutionary theories coming out of England. At first, the killer’s mind seems impenetrable — his behavior and cryptic clues impervious to psychoanalytic interpretation; however, gradually, it becomes apparent that an extraordinary and shocking rationale underlies his actions.
Against this backdrop of mystery and terror, Liebermann struggles with his own demons. The treatment of a patient suffering from paranoia erotica (a delusion of love) and his own fascination with the enigmatic Englishwoman Amelia Lydgate raises doubts concerning the propriety of his imminent marriage. To resolve the dilemma, he must entertain the unthinkable — risking opprobrium and accusations of cowardice.
"Starred Review" - Kirkus Reviews.
"Starred Review. [A] gripping sequel to a superior debut" - Publishers Weekly.
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Dr. Frank Tallis is a writer and clinical psychologist. He has held lecturing
posts in clinical psychology and neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry and
King's College, London.
He has written self help manuals (How to Stop Worrying, Understanding
Obsessions and Compulsions) non-fiction for the general reader (Changing
Minds, Hidden Minds, Love Sick), academic text books and over
thirty academic papers in international journals.
Dr. Tallis' novels are: The Forbidden, The Sleep Room, Killing Time, Sensing Others, Mortal
Mischief (published in the USA as A Death in Vienna), Vienna Blood,
Fatal Lies and Darkness Rising. The last four form the first four
volumes of the Liebermann Papers series.
In 1999 he received a Writers' Award from the Arts Council of ...
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