Amy B. (BaileysBooks) reviewed on 9/16/2008 + 491 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This book was fantastic.

It is a very well-researched historical thriller. It perfectly balanced the facts surrounding Freud and Jung's visit to America with the fiction of a complex and mysterious murder.

This book kept me on my toes the entire time and left me guessing until the very end. Rubenfeld captured the essence of turn-of-the-century New York, the sensation and skepticism surrounding Freud's revolutionary theories, and the spirit of the detectives and victims as they wade through layers of truth and deception.

Freud and his theories are present but they are not overwhelming. This book was in the same family as Caleb Carr's 'The Alienist' and managed to pull off a really great story in a third of the pages. I consider this book to be a delightful must-read for fans of murder mysteries, psychological thrillers, and historical fiction. It is an all-around enjoyable reading experience.

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