Frank Tallis: 18 books

Frank Tallis, acclaimed author of the Edgar Award–nominated Vienna Secrets, returns with a new and masterfully woven tale full of deceit, love, and rich mystery. Set in fin de siècle Vienna, it’s perfect for fans of Boris Akunin, Alan Furst, and David Liss. Ida Rosenkranz is top diva at...

In the new novel in the iconic Max Liebermann mystery series, master storyteller Frank Tallis delivers his latest suspenseful and spellbinding tale set in the smoky atmospheric world of fin de siecle Vienna. Vienna, 1904.            The body of a man—still sitting in...

Worry is a natural warning system. It's your brain's way of warning that something is wrong and needs to be dealt with. But sometimes things get out of hand, and worrying starts to spoil your enjoyment of life and even to affect your health. In this easy-to-read manual, Dr Frank Tallis explains how...

Assassinée, la cantatrice Ida Rosenkrantz n'a pas fini de taire ses secrets. Les pistes sont minces et la liste vertigineuse de ses amants multiplie les suspects. Pour pénétrer le caractère complexe et instable de la victime, Max Liebermann devra pousser plus loin que jamais son raisonnement....

Au début du XXe siècle, à Vienne, le corps d'un moine est découvert devant une des églises de la ville. Le psychiatre Max Liebermann est appelé sur les lieux par son meilleur ami, l'inspecteur Rheinhardt. Il apparaît que la victime, considérée par beaucoup comme un saint homme, était en...

A psychologist explores the intersection of love and madness through the riveting stories of the patients he has treated In The Incurable Romantic, Frank Tallis recounts the extraordinary stories of patients who are, quite literally, madly in love: a woman becomes utterly convinced that her...

À la fin des années 1950, quand le jeune psychiatre James Richardson se voit offrir un emploi dans une institution psychiatrique perdue dans le fin fond du Suffolk, il n'a pas un regard en arrière. Il est chargé d'un projet très controversé : une thérapie pionnière au cours de laquelle des...

In the dynamic and dangerous Vienna of 1903, a brilliant psychoanalyst and a brave detective battle to catch criminals who commit the most clever and brutal crimes.   Detective Inspector Oskar Reinhardt finds that young women are being slain in an unnerving—and ingenious—manner, with a small,...

In Freud’s dangerous, dazzling Vienna of 1903, an ingenious doctor and an intrepid detective again challenge psychotic criminals across a landscape teetering between the sophisticated and the savage, the thrilling future and the primitive past.   On opposite sides of the city, two men are found...

The second in the Dr. Max Liebermann series, literature’s first psychoanalytic detective. In the grip of a Siberian winter in 1902, a serial killer in Vienna embarks upon a bizarre campaign of murder. Vicious mutilation, a penchant for arcane symbols, and a seemingly random choice of victim...

“[An] elegant historical mystery . . . stylishly presented and intelligently resolved” set at the dawn of psychoanalysis (The New York Times Book Review). In Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, Max Liebermann, a contemporary of Sigmund Freud’s, is at the forefront of psychoanalysis,...

A dogged police inspector and an insightful young psychiatrist match wits with depraved criminal minds in this acclaimed mystery series set in Freud’s Vienna. In glittering turn-of-the-century Vienna, brutal instinct and refined intellect fight for supremacy. The latest, most disturbing example:...

À Vienne, en 1904, six ans après l'assassinat d'Élisabeth d'Autriche, on retrouve dans une fabrique de piano désaffectée le corps d'un homme tué par balle et défi guré à l'acide. Face à lui : trois autres sièges sont alignés comme pour mettre en scène un procès dont l'issue aurait été...

Worry is a useful biological response to adverse circumstances, which can sometimes get out of hand. While the anxiety response primes us for action, too much becomes counterproductive. This easy-to-read manual explains how to understand and control your worry, and make the brain's warning system...