Books by Frank Tallis
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review 1: Compelling mystery about the bizarre murders of Catholic monks in Vienna during the 19th Century. What makes the murders so bizarre is that the victims' heads are literally torn off. Enter Max Liebermann, a medical doctor who has a way of getting involved in unusual murder case...
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review 1: Great atmosphere, although sometimes Tallis gets a little tripped up by the fixation on pastries (understandable by still). A good read for the classical music lover, as the plot hinges so much on the opera world of Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century. There are some sl...
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review 1: This may have the blandest title of the Liebermann Papers books so far, but it represents a leap forward in the author's plotting. The elegant styling and relevant themes of the previous books are here combined with a more ambitious, less outlandish, multi-stranded story. The the...
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review 1: Frank Tallis' Max Liebermann/Vienna murder mystery series, set in the early 20th century, are part who-done-it, part cultural excursion. Great reads for immersion into another time and culture. Vienna Twilight is his fifth book in what is a six-book series (so far). It may also b...
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review 1: Opened the book and saw the name Lieberman, put down the book....hate that name for some reason! Then, out of things to read I pick it up, skipping the name, and what a slick book. Found it to be a well written, with a lots of twists. The story was vivid and doesn't hurt it's wr...
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review 1: I loved this book. The novels set in the early 1900's, in VIenna. There are historical data about women's fashions, the history of medicine, psychoanalysis, art, desserts from Viennese bakeries, foundations of the forensic science, the early concept of "profiling" criminals, it's...