Vienna Blood by Frank TallisMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the second book in The Liebermann Papers series, and the third one I've read. The author, Frank Tallis, manages to make 1902 Vienna come alive with historically accurate descriptions of Mahler's conducting, Freud's lectures, and most importantly, the detailed write ups of Viennese coffee houses and desserts!!
Gorgeous setting, check! Mouth-watering dessert descriptions, check check! Intelligent dialogue and well-constructed plot, triple check!
And instead of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, we have Detective Inspector Rheinhardt paired with Doctor Max Liebermann, who hunt for serial killers by day, and meet up for music-making at night, singing around the Bosendorfer piano before working some more.
The music major in me revels in the descriptions of the lieder or the operas that they listen to, but it's not thrown in merely for pedantic effect. It's always connected to the case they're working on. I didn't think Mozart and murder went together, but Frank Tallis changed my mind!
It was such a pleasant surprise to discover that the first three books of the series has been made into a BBC TV show! Entitled... VIENNA BLOOD! :) For the trailer, go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg1rX...
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