The Empty Mirror: A Viennese Mystery (Viennese Mysteries)

About this book

The summer of 1898 finds Austria terrorized by a killer whom the press calls Viennas Jack the Ripper. When the painter Gustav Klimts female model becomes the fifth victim the police finger him as the culprit. Dr. Hanns Gross the renowned father of criminology agrees to assist Klimts lawyer Karl Werthen in investigating the murders. Together Gross and Werthen must not only clear Klimts name but also follow the trail of a killer that will lead them in the most surprising of directions. Written by an acclaimed expert on Vienna and its history The Empty Mirror introduces a new series of stunning historical mysteries that reveals the culture and curiosities of this fascinating fin de sicle metropolis.