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Genre/Form: | Detective and mystery stories Historical fiction Mystery fiction Detective and mystery fiction Fiction Legal fiction (Literature) Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
J Sydney Jones |
ISBN: | 9780727882691 0727882694 |
OCLC Number: | 864783850 |
Description: | 252 pages ; 23 cm |
Responsibility: | J. Sydney Jones. |
Abstract:
Vienna, 1901. With the police indifferent to the murder of a 19-year-old prostitute, brothel-keeper Frau Mutzenbacher turns to lawyer Karl Werthen to find out what happened and bring the killer to justice. As he navigates the hights and lows of Viennese society, in dogged pursuit of the truth, a conspiracy reveals itself...
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Jones recreates the beau monde of vintage Vienna with verisimilitude and consummate style * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> * Not as widely known as it ought to be, this series is well worth a look * <b>Booklist</b> * Read more...
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- Werthen, Karl (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
- Prostitutes -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction.
- Legal stories.
- Vienna (Austria) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
- Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Prostituées -- Autriche -- Vienne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Murder -- Investigation.
- Prostitutes.
- Social conditions.
- Austria -- Vienna.