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Picked up at the excellent meeting today, organised by molyneux. This book was recommended by several people so I'll give it a try - after it's rested on Mt TBR for a while!

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 protege. 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.

Very ingenious and convoluted plot which I'm not sure I "got" completely. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of New York society mores at the turn of the 20th century, and the details about the mechanical feats of engineering which made possible the construction of Manhattan Bridge.

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Sending this to Tamsine as a trade.

Update: posted on 5 January as the snow was starting to fall.

Safely arrived. Thanks a lot.

A real page-turner : a twisted plot, real-life characters and a vivid description of turn-of-the-century New York. The best mystery I've read since " the Alienist" by Caleb Carr.

I'll pass it on to Passeur-X

From hand to hand, isn't it lovely ?
Thank you Tamsine.

Really pleasant to read.
I enjoyed it.

Para a amiga e as visitas dela.

Foi deixado em minha casa, pelo passeu-x, com a recomendação de que iniciasse uma OCZ ;-)

Para já, apenas tenho a esperança de vir a conseguir ler o livro ;-)