Death and the Maiden: A Max Liebermann Mystery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812983340)

Frank Tallis, acclaimed author of the Edgar Award-nominated Vienna Secrets, returns with a new and masterfully woven tale full of deceit, love, and rich mystery. Set in fin de si cle Vienna, it's perfect for fans of Boris Akunin, Alan Furst, and David Liss.

Ida Rosenkranz is top diva at the Vienna Opera, but she's gone silent for good after an apparent laudanum overdose. Learning of her professional rivalries and her scandalous affairs with older men, Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt and Dr. Max Liebermann suspect foul play instead. Their investigation leads them into dark and dangerous conflicts with Gustav Mahler, the opera's imperious director, who is himself the target of a poison pen campaign, and Karl Lueger, Vienna's powerful and anti-Semitic mayor. As the peril escalates, Rheinhardt grows further into his role as family man, while Liebermann finds himself at odds with his inamorata, Amelia, who's loosening both her corset and her tongue in the new feminist movement.

PRAISE FOR FRANK TALLIS'S VIENNA THRILLERS

" A] captivating historical series."--The New York Times Book Review

" A] riveting read . . . with well researched and wonderfully imagined period detail."--The Guardian (U.K.), on Vienna Twilight

"Chock-full of tantalizing elements."--The Austin Chronicle, on Vienna Secrets

"Engrossing . . . immensely satisfying."--The Boston Globe, on Fatal Lies

Author: Frank Tallis
ISBN-10: 0812983343
ISBN-13: 9780812983340
Publisher: Random House Trade
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2012
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.15w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/06/2012
Booklist 09/01/2012 pg. 50
Library Journal 09/01/2012 pg. 87
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2012