
Thriller
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Vienna, 1910. An eighteen-year-old girl named Dora (loosely inspired by Freud's famous patient Dora) is found brutally murdered in the Volksgarten Park. The crime is being investigated by the Inspector, newly schooled in rationalist criminology. Meanwhile, his Hungarian wife, Erszebet, driven by Gypsy superstition, and Wally, a teenage English governess, secretly conduct a parallel investigation based on their female intuition. They are certain the figs found in Dora's stomach during the autopsy are the clue to the identity of the murderer--for there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time…
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Editions
6 editions- Paperback · English · 2001Back Bay Books · 368 pages · 9780316785266
- Ebook · English · 2001Little, Brown and Company · 9780759562097
- Audiobook · English · 2000Warner Adult · 9781570428562
- Other · English · 2001Wheeler Pub. · 432 pages · 9781568959610
- Other · English · 2000Doubleday · 288 pages · 9780385601559
- Other · English · 2000Little, Brown · 311 pages · 9780316785648
PolicePolice spousesFictionHungariansMurderLarge type booksVienna (austria), fictionAustria, fiction







