Mortal Mischief

US: Century, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/ Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In 1900s Vienna, Psychoanalyst Dr Max Liebermann is called in to help with police investigations into the murder of a young medium. In this first of a new series of psychoanalytical detective novels set in V ienna, Dr Max Liebermann is a young psychoanalyst - and disciple of Freud. The world of 1900s Vienna is one where philosophy, science and art flourish and are hotly debated in the coffee shops. Psychoanalysis is still develop ing and is viewed with a mixture of excitement and suspicion. Liebermann's good friend Oskar Rheinhardt is a Detective Inspector -- hard working but lacking Liebermann's insights and forensic eye, and so it is th rough Rheinhardt that Liebermann is called upon to help with police investi gations surrounding the death of a beautiful young medium in what seems at first to be supernatural circumstances. When 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.