[Freud 01] • L'interprétation Des Meurtres

In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn

into the mind of a sadistic killer who is savagely attacking Manhattan’s

wealthiest heiresses

Inspired by Sigmund Freud’s only visit to America, The Interpretation of

Murder is an intricate tale of murder and the mind’s most dangerous mysteries.

It unfurls on a sweltering August evening in 1909 as Freud disembarks from the

steamship George Washington, accompanied by Carl Jung, his rival and protégé.

Across town, in an opulent apartment high above the city, a stunning young

woman is found dangling from a chandelier—whipped, mutilated, and strangled.

The next day, a second beauty—a rebellious heiress who scorns both high

society and her less adventurous parents—barely escapes the killer. Yet Nora

Acton, suffering from hysteria, can recall nothing of her attack. Asked to

help her, Dr. Stratham Younger, America’s most committed Freudian analyst,

calls in his idol, the Master himself, to guide him through the challenges of

analyzing this high-spirited young woman whose family past has been as

complicated as his own.

The Interpretation of Murder leads readers from the salons of Gramercy Park,

through secret passages, to Chinatown—even far below the currents of the East

River where laborers are building the Manhattan Bridge. As Freud fends off a

mysterious conspiracy to destroy him, Younger is drawn into an equally

thrilling adventure that takes him deep into the subterfuges of the human

mind.

Richly satisfying, elegantly crafted, The Interpretation of Murder marks the

debut of a brilliant, spectacularly entertaining new storyteller.

In 2007 The Interpretation of Murder won the prestigious Best Read of the Year

award from Richard and Judy's Bookclub in the UK (comparable to Oprah Winfrey

in the USA).