The story of Sigmund Freud assisting a Manhattan murder investigation. Sigmund Freud arrived by steamship in New York Harbour for a short visit to America and is drawn into the mind of a sadistic killer who savagely attacked Manhattans wealthiest heiresses. THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER is an inventive tour de force inspired by Sigmund Freud's 1909 visit to America, accompanied by protégé and rival Carl Jung. 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 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 to stop the truth coming out, and Freud's startling theories taking root on American soil. It was felt too long, characters disliked but some interesting descriptions of psychology. It was interesting about the American social scene at the time and the development of tall building etc. Title did not match content. Score 3.7 |
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