Frank Tallis, acclaimed author of the Edgar Award-nominated Vienna
Secrets, returns with a new and masterfully woven tale full of deceit,
love, and rich mystery. Set in fin de siècle Vienna, it's perfect for
fans of Boris Akunin, Alan Furst, and David Liss.
Ida Rosenkranz is top diva at the Vienna Opera, but she's gone silent
for good after an apparent laudanum overdose. Learning of her
professional rivalries and her scandalous affairs with older men,
Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt and Dr. Max Liebermann suspect foul
play instead. Their investigation leads them into dark and dangerous
conflicts with Gustav Mahler, the opera's imperious director, who is
himself the target of a poison pen campaign, and Karl Lueger, Vienna's
powerful and anti-Semitic mayor. As the peril escalates, Rheinhardt
grows further into his role as family man, while Liebermann finds
himself at odds with his inamorata, Amelia, who's loosening both her
corset and her tongue in the new feminist movement.
PRAISE FOR FRANK TALLIS'S VIENNA THRILLERS
"[A] captivating historical series."--The New York Times Book Review
"[A] riveting read . . . with well researched and wonderfully imagined
period detail."--The Guardian (U.K.), on Vienna Twilight
"Chock-full of tantalizing elements."--The Austin Chronicle, on
Vienna Secrets
"Engrossing . . . immensely satisfying."--The Boston Globe, on Fatal
Lies
