The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel

by Jed Rubenfeld | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0805080988 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Kislany on 3/24/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by Kislany on Saturday, March 24, 2007
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In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadistic killer who is savagely attacking Manhattan’s wealthiest heiresses

Inspired by Sigmund Freud’s only visit to America, The Interpretation of Murder is an intricate tale of murder and the mind’s most dangerous mysteries. It unfurls on a sweltering August evening in 1909 as Freud disembarks from the steamship George Washington, accompanied by Carl Jung, his rival and protégé. Across town, in an opulent apartment high above the city, a stunning young woman is found dangling from a chandelier—whipped, mutilated, and strangled. The next day, a second beauty—a rebellious heiress who scorns both high society and her less adventurous parents—barely escapes the killer. Yet Nora Acton, suffering from hysteria, can recall nothing of her attack. Asked to help her, Dr. Stratham Younger, America’s most committed Freudian analyst, calls in his idol, the Master himself, to guide him through the challenges of analyzing this high-spirited young woman whose family past has been as complicated as his own.

The Interpretation of Murder leads readers from the salons of Gramercy Park, through secret passages, to Chinatown—even far below the currents of the East River where laborers are building the Manhattan Bridge. As Freud fends off a mysterious conspiracy to destroy him, Younger is drawn into an equally thrilling adventure that takes him deep into the subterfuges of the human mind.

Richly satisfying, elegantly crafted, The Interpretation of Murder marks the debut of a brilliant, spectacularly entertaining new storyteller.

Journal Entry 2 by Kislany on Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Absolutely great historical mystery. Set at the beginning of the last century in the US, it follows (fictively) Freud's, Jung's and a few other psychologist's stay in the US, as well as Freud's help in solving a murder mystery.
I am usually not a fan of historical mysteries, but this one was something I could not put it down. I am looking forward to a second novel by this author.

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