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A terrifyingly prescient cult classic by the author of the Berlin Noir trilogy. LONDON, 2013. Serial killings have reached epidemic proportions – even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the "punitive coma." Beautiful, whip-smart, and driven by demons of her own, Detective Isadora "Jake" Jacowicz must stop a murderer, code-named "Wittgenstein," who has taken it upon himself to eliminate any man who has tested positive for a tendency towards violent behavior – even if his victim has never committed a crime. Philip Kerr is winning more acclaim than ever for his beloved Bernie Gunther series and – with Kerr's higher profile – A Philosophical Investigation is poised to capture an all-new readership with its riveting tale of a killer whose intellectual brilliance is matched only by his homicidal madness.
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A Philosophical Investigation, Philip Kerr
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- Released
- 1993
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Philip Kerr
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0099178214
- ISBN13
- 9780099178217
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Murders, Detective Fiction, Detective, Noir
- First published
- 1992
- Original title
- A Philosophical Investigation
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- A terrifyingly prescient cult classic by the author of the Berlin Noir trilogy. LONDON, 2013. Serial killings have reached epidemic proportions – even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the "punitive coma." Beautiful, whip-smart, and driven by demons of her own, Detective Isadora "Jake" Jacowicz must stop a murderer, code-named "Wittgenstein," who has taken it upon himself to eliminate any man who has tested positive for a tendency towards violent behavior – even if his victim has never committed a crime. Philip Kerr is winning more acclaim than ever for his beloved Bernie Gunther series and – with Kerr's higher profile – A Philosophical Investigation is poised to capture an all-new readership with its riveting tale of a killer whose intellectual brilliance is matched only by his homicidal madness.