{"product_id":"a-death-in-vienna-9780802118158","title":"A Death in Vienna","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn elegant historical mystery . . . stylishly presented and intelligently resolved set at the dawn of psychoanalysis (The New York Times Book Review). In Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century  Max Liebermann  a contemporary of Sigmund Freuds  is at the forefront of psychoanalysis  practicing the controversial new science with all the skill of a master detective. Every dream  inflection  or slip of tongue in his hysterical patients has meaning and reveals some hidden truth. When beautiful medium Charlotte Lwenstein dies under extraordinary circumstances  Maxs good friend  Detective Oskar Rheinhardt  calls for his expert assistance. Her body has been found in a room that can only be locked from the inside. Shes been shot through the heart  but theres no gun and absolutely no trace of a bullet. All signs point to a supernatural killer  but Liebermann the scientist is not so easily convinced. Especially when one of Charlottes clients is also found in a locked roomthis time bludgeoned to death. Unfolding in the Vienna of Klimt and Mahler  a time of unprecedented activity in the worlds of philosophy  science  and art  A Death in Vienna is an engrossing portrait of a legendary period as well as a brain teaser of startling perplexity (Chicago Tribune).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646960787509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0802118151","price":55.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802118158.jpg?v=1781683488","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-death-in-vienna-9780802118158","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}