Darkness Rising :(Vienna Blood 4) - Vienna Blood
Darkness Rising :(Vienna Blood 4) - Vienna Blood
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6 August, 2009
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Description
Vienna, 1903.
Outside one of the city's most splendid baroque churches, the decapitated body of a monk is found. Then, the remains of a municipal councillor are discovered in the grounds of another church - his head also ripped from his body. Both men were rabid anti-Semites, and suspicions fall on Vienna's close-knit community of Hasidic Jews. In a city riven by racial tensions and extremism, the situation is potentially explosive.
Detective Inspector Rheinhardt turns to his trusted friend, the young psychoanalyst Doctor Max Liebermann, for assistance. As the investigation progresses, Liebermann is drawn into the world of Jewish mysticism. Amid the atmosphere of threat and fear, Liebermann's life is in crisis. Political forces conspire against him, and the object of his romantic desires, the unreachable Miss Lydgate, is becoming an unhealthy obsession...
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099519744 |
| ISBN10 | 0099519747 |
| Number Of Pages | 416 |
| Item Weight | 291 g |
| Product Dimensions | 131 x 198 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Cornerstone |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
beautifully written and extremely interesting * Literary Review *
intelligent, intellectual, historical crime fiction at its very best * eurocrime.co.uk *
... perhaps the most accomplished entry so far. * Independent *
Scholarly and informative, cunningly put together - a real page-turner * Newbooks Magazine *
Darkness Rising has a strong, intelligent plot and a terrific atmosphere of fin-de-siecle Vienna * The Times *
fascinating * The Spectator *
Whether you are an aficionado of fin-de-siècle Europe, compelling crime fiction or strong characterisation, Darkness Rising delivers healthy doses of all three * Express *
a thoroughly compelling piece of work * Mail on Sunday *
outstanding * Sunday Times *
A most enjoyable read and, as usual, Vienna sparkles with atmosphere * The Times *
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Author's Bio
Frank Tallis is a writer and clinical psychologist. In 1999 he received a Writers' Award from the Arts Council and in 2000 he won the New London Writers' Award. Mortal Mischief was shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award in 2005 and for the prestigious Quais du Polar award in France, 2007. Vienna Blood was published in 2006 and Fatal Lies in 2007, both to great acclaim. Titles in the Liebermann series have been translated into fourteen languages.