It's been a long while since I picked up a murder story. And enjoyed it. The tale centers around Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung's visit to New York in 1909. In their first week in New York City, a socialite is brutally murdered but a second attempt on another fails. She lives but has lost her voice and memory.
It's up to a young doctor to employ Freud's methods to help her remember that awful night. However, as he and Detective Littlemore discover, there's more afoot then a murderer roaming the streets. There are some heart stopping moments too. For good measure, Reubenfeld throws in Freud's psychoanalytical theories and Shakespeare, particularly Hamlet and that famous soliloquy, not to mention a couple of red herrings, to make for a thoroughly enjoyable read. Highly recommended.
Now reading: The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
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