Mephisto Waltz - Frank Tallis
Category: Detective
Tags: Detective, Mystery, Adults
Vienna, 1904. The body of a manstill sitting in a chairis discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. He has been shot dead but his face has been horribly disfigured with acid, making identification impossible. In front of the body are three chairs positioned conspicuously in a straight line. Who were the former occupants? Had they sat in judgement and pronounced a sentence of death?, Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his good friend Doctor Max Liebermanpsychiatrist and disciple of Sigmund Freudto assist in an investigation that draws them both into the shadowy and sexually unconventional world of fringe political activism. 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 basement, the sinister Imperial intelligence bureau (who have been secretly monitoring Rheinhardts investigation) make themselves kn
