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Title
Fatal Lies: A Max Liebermann Mystery
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Author
Tallis, Frank
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Binding
Paperback
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Edition
Original
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Condition
Used - Good
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Pages
448
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks, U.S.A.
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Date
2009-02-24
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Features
Bibliography
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Bookseller's Inventory #
F15F-00636
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ISBN
9780812977776 / 0812977777
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Weight
0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
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Dimensions
7.94 x 5.06 x 0.95 in (20.17 x 12.85 x 2.41 cm)
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Library of Congress subjects
Mystery fiction, Vienna (Austria)
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2008023474
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Dewey Decimal Code
FIC
Summary
The third in the Dr Max Liebermann series; literature's first psychoanalytic detectiveVienna, 1903. In St. Florian's military school, a rambling edifice set high in the hills of the City's famous woods, a young cadet is found dead - his body lacerated with razor wounds. Once again, Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his friend - and disciple of Freud - Doctor Max Liebermann, to help him with the investigation.In the closed society of the school, power is everything - and suspicion falls on an elite group of cadets, with a penchant for sadism and dangerous games. When it is discovered that the dead boy was a frequent guest of the deputy headmaster's attractive young wife - other motives for murder suggest themselves.A tangled web of relationships is uncovered, at the heart of which are St. Florian's dark secrets, which Liebermann, using new psychoanalytic tools such as dream interpretation and the ink-blot test, begins to probe. At the same time, a shocking revelation makes it impossible for Liebermann to pursue the object of his affections, the Englishwoman Miss Lydgate, and he finds himself romantically involved with the passionate and elemental Trezska Novak - a mysterious Hungarian concert violinist, gifted with uncannily accurate intuitions. Again, all is not what it seems, and Liebermann is drawn into the perilous world of espionage - and must make choices, the outcome of which will threaten the entire stability of the Habsburg Empire.Fatal Lies - volume three of the Liebermann Papers - is about sex, the will to power, and deception.
From the publisher
Frank Tallis is a writer and practicing clinical psychologist. He is the author of two previous Dr. Max Liebermann novels: Vienna Blood and Mortal Mischief.
Media reviews
"Frank Tallis has surged to the front of the field riding his dark horse, Vienna in the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ….While it’s always a delight to visit the ballrooms where Strauss is played and the opera house where Mahler is rehearsing and the coffeehouses where ideas are devoured mit Schlag, this smart series has far more to offer than decorative charm."—New York Times Book Review
Another immensely satisfying novel in Frank Tallis' intelligent and subtle Dr. Liebermann/Inspector Rheinhardt series…dense, engrossing….a fine adventure."—Boston Globe
"St. Florian's Military Academy outside Vienna serves as the forbidding backdrop for Tallis's stellar third historical to feature Insp. Oskar Rheinhardt and Dr. Max Liebermann…Several late twists lead to a startling resolution of this compelling tale." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"What is basically a murder mystery becomes something quite extraordinary as Tallis skillfully weaves in the politics, history, music, and social customs of turn-of-the-century Vienna. Another outstanding entry in an erudite and mesmerizing series; a must for historical-mystery devotees." —Booklist, starred review
"Tallis's singular achievement is to bring vividly to life many of the glories and dangers of a great city at a crucial moment in its history....immensely satisyfing….The author delights us with rich, often gorgeous prose...[He] has an exceptional ability to move seamlessly among varied plot elements, characters and emotions….If you're looking for the best in popular fiction, it's well worth seeking out."—Washington Post
Citations
- Booklist, 01/01/2009, Page 52
- Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/2008, Page 1141
- New York Times Book Review, 02/22/2009, Page 22
- Publishers Weekly, 01/12/2009, Page 32
About the author
Frank Tallis is a writer and practicing clinical psychologist. He is the author of two previous Dr. Max Liebermann novels: Vienna Blood and Mortal Mischief.
