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New York, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Historical fiction, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER is an inventive tour de force inspired by Sigmund Freud's 1909 visit to America, accompanied by protege 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 Sigmund 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.
More books by Jed Rubenfeld
Praise for The Interpretation of Murder: The Richard and Judy Bestseller
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A spectacular debut... fiendishly clever... a fascinating recreation of a golden age in which much of the New York of today is recognisable. - Guardian
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Rubenfeld writes beautifully, his style skillfully evoking the period, as he weaves all these threads into an intriguing mystery with a fascinating glimpse into the early days of psychoanalysis. - Sunday Telegraph
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An unusually intelligent novel which entertains, informs and intrigues on several levels. - The Times
Jed Rubenfeld
Currently the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale University, Jed Rubenfeld has been described as 'one of the most elegant legal writers of his generation'. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his wife and two daughters. His first novel, THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER, published in thirty-six territories, was the bestselling UK adult paperback title of 2007, and winner of the Richard and Judy Bookclub. THE DEATH INSTINCT is his second novel.
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