"An engrossing portrait of a legendary period as well as a brain
teaser of startling perplexity" --Chicago TribuneIn 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.