New release,
January 20, 2009
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St. Martin’s Minotaur/Dunne, (320p) |
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“[An] absorbing whodunit [that] succeeds both as a mystery and as a fascinating portrait of a traditional society in ferment.... a meaty historical that bodes well for further adventures.”
—From a Publishers Weekly starred review
“What Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for Victorian London and Caleb Carr did for old New York, J. Sydney Jones does for historic Vienna.”
—Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author
Fin-de-siecle Vienna comes to life in this colorful historical thriller featuring the artist Gustav Klimt
It’s the summer of 1898 and Austria is transfixed by a series of brutal murders. When renowned painter Gustav Klimt’s female model becomes the fifth victim, the artist is fingered as the culprit. Klimt’s lawyer, Werthen and his friend, the famed criminologist
Inspector Gross must delve into a nationwide conspiracy in order to acquit the unusual and unpredictable artiste. With an unmatched knowledge of Vienna’s history, culture,
and politics, J. Sydney Jones introduces a gripping new mystery series set in a cosmopolitan city at the height of its artistic and social importance.