Mephisto Waltz - A Max Liebermann Mystery
Mephisto Waltz - A Max Liebermann Mystery Vienna, 1904.The body of a man--still sitting in a chair--is discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. In front of the body are…
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Mephisto Waltz - A Max Liebermann Mystery
Vienna, 1904.The body of a man--still sitting in a chair--is discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. In front of the body are three chairs positioned conspicuously in a straight line. He has been shot dead but his face has been horribly disfigured with acid, making identification impossible.
Had they sat in judgement and pronounced a sentence of death?Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his good friend Doctor Max Liebermann--psychiatrist and disciple of Sigmund Freud--to assist in an investigation that draws them both into the shadowy and sexually unconventional world of fringe political activism. Who were the former occupants? It is a world populated by Bohemians, Utopian idealists, and anarchists, many of whom endorse acts of terror to achieve their revolutionary aims.When bomb-making equipment is found in a suburban