A death in Vienna / Frank Tallis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tallis, Frank.

Series:

Tallis, Frank. Liebermann papers ; v. 1.

[Liebermann papers ; ǂv v. 1]

Standardized Title:

Mortal mischief

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic psychiatrists--Fiction.

Forensic psychiatrists.

Police.

Women mediums.

Austria--Vienna.

Women mediums--Crimes against--Fiction.

Police--Austria--Vienna--Fiction.

Vienna (Austria)--Fiction.

Vienna (Austria).

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Historical fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

458 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press, [2006]

Summary:

It is Vienna at the beginning of the last century, and Dr Max Liebermann is a young psycho analyst - and disciple of Freud. Psychoanalysis is only just developing and viewed with a mixture of excitement and suspicion. The world of 1900s Vienna is one where philosophy, science and art are at their most exciting and flourishing, with the coffee shops full of men and women debating the latest cultural and political theories. Liebermann's good friend Oskar Rheinhardt is a Detective Inspector - hard working, but lacking Liebermann's insights and forensic eye and so it is through Rheinhardt that Libermann is called upon to help with police investigations surrounding the death of a beautiful young medium, in what seems at first to be supernatural circumstances. While Liebermann attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery, he also must decide whether he is to follow his father's advice and marry the beautiful but reserved Clara.

Notes:

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

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Sam Streit.

ISBN:

0802118151

OCLC:

60824238