The Year is 1909. Sigmund Freud and companions have just set foot onto American soil to partake in a number of lectures to spread their theories. Across town a murder and a terrible attack have taken place. The survivor of the attack, a society girl has lost both her voice and her memory. It will take the skills of Dr Younger, with Freud's help to use their genius to help her regain her memory and find the killer. It integrates beautifully a crime thriller, a mystery and a intricately pieced together piece of historical literature to create something so different and so compelling to finish that it only took me 2 days to finish from start to end.
With twists and turns on every page you can't help but be gripped into the scenery and story he so cleverly paints for us. His descriptive skills are second to none and he has accurately described the world around the characters as it would have been early in the 20th Century. This must have been no small feat. When he describes a situation you feel as though you are there in the room with them, standing in the park with them, or holding your breath in suspense for them! Great read. I thoroughly recommend it.
The next book I will review has recently been made into a film starring Kate Winslet. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.
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