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A death in Vienna / Frank Tallis

By:

Tallis, Frank

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Grove Press , c2005.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 458 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:

9780802118158

Uniform titles:

Mortal mischief

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DDC classification:

MYS TAL

LOC classification:

PR6120.A44 M67 2006

Summary: "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. He interviews the members of the medium's seance circle - a nervous locksmith, a flamboyant count, a stage magician, and others - all suspects for the impossible crime. Then one of the suspects is brutally murdered, and the pieces fall into place in Max and Oskar's hunt."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Mystery	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	MYS TAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		022558

Map on lining paper.

Originally published: London : Century, 2005, in series: The Liebermann papers.

"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. He interviews the members of the medium's seance circle - a nervous locksmith, a flamboyant count, a stage magician, and others - all suspects for the impossible crime. Then one of the suspects is brutally murdered, and the pieces fall into place in Max and Oskar's hunt."--BOOK JACKET.

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