Frank Tallis Books

Vienna, 1904. The body of a man—still sitting in a chair—is discovered in an abandoned piano factory on the outskirts of the city. He has been shot dead but his face has been horribly disfigured with acid, making identification impossible. In front of the body are three chairs positioned conspicuously in a straight line. Who were the former occupants? Had they sat in judgement and pronounced a sentence of death? Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his good friend, Doctor Max Liebermann—psychiatrist and disciple of Sigmund Freud—to assist in an investigation that draws them both into the shadowy and sexually unconventional world of fringe political activism.

An highly original account of psychology through the discipline's great practitioners ( Freud, Jung etc) and their thoughts. It functions both as narrative and by extension a sophisticated self-help book. To be compared with Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy

When the demagogue Mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger, becomes the prime suspect - with an election only months away - the Rosenkrantz case becomes politically explosive.

"A tale of murder, romance, intrigue, and espionage set in the atmospheric world of fin de siecle Vienna"--

'Frank Tallis brings a lifetime's clinical experience and wise reflection to a condition that, by its own strange routes, leads us into the very heart of love itself. This is a brilliant, compelling book' Ian McEwan Love is a great leveller. Everyone wants love, everyone falls in love, everyone loses love, and everyone knows something of love's madness. But the experience of obsessive love is no trivial matter. In the course of his career psychologist Dr Frank Tallis has treated many unusual patients, whose stories have lessons for all of us. A barristers' clerk becomes convinced that her dentist has fallen in love with her and they are destined to be together for eternity; a widow is visited by the ghost of her dead husband; an academic is besotted with his own reflection; a beautiful woman searches jealously for a rival who isn't there; and a night porter is possessed by a lascivious demon. These are just some of the people whom we meet in an extraordinary and original book that explores the conditions of longing and desire - true accounts of psychotherapy that take the reader on a journey through the darker realms of the amorous mind. Drawing on the latest scientific research into the biological and psychological mechanisms underlying romance and emotional attachment, The Incurable Romantic demonstrates that ultimately love dissolves the divide between what we judge to be normal and abnormal.

Ein toter Schüler, versteckte Obsessionen und eine Mauer des Schweigens Eine Militärschule in der Nähe von Wien: Ein Schüler wird tot aufgefunden, aber es kann keine Todesursache festgestellt werden. Der junge Psychoanalytiker Max Liebermann, den Inspektor Rheinhardt zu Hilfe ruft, stößt bei den Mitschülern auf eine Mauer des Schweigens. Aber mit seinem psychologischen Geschick spürt er ein Netzwerk von Abhängigkeiten und Gewalt auf. Und von amourösen Verwicklungen, die er in seinem dritten Fall nur allzu gut verstehen kann – ist er doch selbst von Eifersucht gegenüber der von ihm verehrten Engländerin Miss Lydgate getrieben, die sich mit einem geheimnisvollen Fremden trifft. Der dritte Teil der Erfolgsserie um den Psychoanalytiker und Detektiv Max Liebermann.

A sexual predator is at large on the streets of Imperial Vienna. The killer is no ordinary 'lust murderer' but an entirely new phenomenon, his deviance revealing the darker preoccupations of the age. Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt appeals to his friend, psychoanalyst Dr Max Liebermann, for assistance.

Die Erfolgsserie um den Psychoanalytiker und Detektiv Max Liebermann geht weiter! Max Liebermann, der junge Psychoanalytiker aus dem Wien des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts, muss erneut seinem Freund, Inspektor Rheinhardt, bei einem ominösen Mordfall helfen. Ein Mönch wird enthauptet im Schatten einer Kirche, gleich neben einer der berühmten Pestsäulen gefunden. Sein Kopf ist mit übermenschlicher Gewalt vom Körper gerissen worden. Als ein weiterer Mord in derselben Manier begangen wird, macht das Gerücht um einen „Wiener Golem“ die Runde. Liebermann glaubt nicht an solche Schreckgespenster. Bis er selbst zu ermitteln beginnt … Bestialische Morde im Wien der Jahrhundertwende.

Vienna, 1903. In St. Florians military school, a rambling edifice set high in the hills of the Citys famous woods, a young cadet is found dead his body lacerated with razor wounds. Once again, Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his friend - and disciple of Freud - Doctor Max Liebermann, to help him with the investigation.

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 are his most distinctive peculiarities. Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt summons a young disciple of Freud - his friend Dr. Max Liebermann — to assist him with the case. The investigation draws them into the sphere of Vienna’s secret societies — a murky underworld of German literary scholars, race theorists, and scientists inspired by the new evolutionary theories coming out of England. At first, the killer’s mind seems impenetrable — his behaviour and cryptic clues impervious to psychoanalytic interpretation; however, gradually, it becomes apparent that an extraordinary and shocking rationale underlies his actions. . . . Against this backdrop of mystery and terror, Liebermann struggles with his own demons. The treatment of a patient suffering from paranoia erotica (a delusion of love) and his own fascination with the enigmatic Englishwoman Amelia Lydgate raises doubts concerning the propriety of his imminent marriage. To resolve the dilemma, he must entertain the unthinkable — risking opprobrium and accusations of cowardice.