The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld - ISBN: 9780755331420
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Freud confronts dark secrets and deadly desires in turn-of-the-century New York.

The Interpretation of Murder

The Richard and Judy Bestseller

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  • Paperback

    576 pages

  • Release Date

    6 June 2007

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Summary

When a wealthy young debutante is discovered bound, whipped and strangled in a luxurious apartment overlooking the city, and another society beauty narrowly escapes the same fate, the mayor of New York calls upon Sigmund Freud to use his revolutionary new ideas to help the surviving victim recover her memory of the attack, and solve the crime.

But nothing about the attacks - or about the surviving victim, Nora - is quite as it seems. And there are those in very high places determined …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755331420
ISBN-10:0755331427
Author:Jed Rubenfeld
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Review
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:576
Release Date:6 June 2007
Weight:392g
Dimensions:199mm x 130mm x 35mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A spectacular debut… fiendishly clever… a fascinating recreation of a golden age in which much of the New York of today is recognisable. - Guardian

Rubenfeld writes beautifully, his style skillfully evoking the period, as he weaves all these threads into an intriguing mystery with a fascinating glimpse into the early days of psychoanalysis. - Sunday Telegraph

An unusually intelligent novel which entertains, informs and intrigues on several levels. - The Times

About The Author

Jed Rubenfeld

Jed Rubenfeld, the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale University, has been described as ‘one of the most elegant legal writers of his generation’. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his wife and two daughters. His first novel, THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER, published in thirty-six territories, was the bestselling UK adult paperback title of 2007.

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