Dr Max Liebermann is a young psychoanalyst and disciple of Freud. Liebermann's good friend Oskar Rheinhardt is a Detective Inspector - hard working but lacking Liebermann's insights and forensic eye. So Liebermann is called to help with the death of a young medium in what seems to be supernatural circumstances.

Vienna, 1903. In St. Florian's military school, a rambling edifice set high in the hills of the city's famous woods, a young cadet is found dead his body lacerated with razor wounds. Once again, Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his friend - and disciple of Freud - Doctor Max Liebermann, to help him with the investigation.

In the grip of a Siberian winter in 1902, a serial killer in Vienna embarks upon a bizarre campaign of murder. Vicious mutilation, a penchant for symbols, & a seemingly random choice of victim are his most distinctive peculiarities. Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt summons a young disciple of Freud to assist him with the case.

Vienna 1903, and an operatic diva, Ida Rosenkrantz, is found dead in her villa. It appears she has taken an overdose of morphine, but a broken rib suggests other possibilities. DI Oskar Rheinhardt seeks the assistance of his young friend, psychoanalyst Dr Max Liebermann.

A sexual predator is at large on the streets of Imperial Vienna & DI Oskar Rheinhardt appeals to his friend, psychoanalyst Dr Max Liebermann, for assistance. Early signs indicate that the killer is no ordinary 'lust murderer' but an entirely new phenomenon, his particular deviance revealing the darker preoccupations of the age.

Vienna, 1903. Outside one of the city's baroque churches the decapitated body of a monk is found. Shortly after, the remains of a municipal councillor are discovered - his head also ripped from his body. It transpires that both men were rabid anti-semites & suspicion falls on Vienna's close-knit community of Hassidic Jews.

A fascinating account of a life investigating obsessive love, packed with intriguing true stories.