The Interpretation of Murder

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Title The Interpretation of Murder
Author Jed Rubenfeld
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Mystery novel
Publisher Henry Holt and Co
Released 2006
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 384 pp
ISBN ISBN 978-0-8050-8098-8 (Hardcover)

The Interpretation of Murder, published in 2006, is Jed Rubenfeld's first novel.

[edit] Plot summary

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On the morning after Sigmund Freud arrives in New York on his first - and only - visit to the United States, a stunning debutante is found bound and strangled in her penthouse apartment, high above Broadway. The following night, another beautiful heiress, Nora Acton, is discovered tied to a chandelier in her parents' home, viciously wounded and unable to speak or to recall her ordeal. Soon Freud and his American disciple, Stratham Younger, are enlisted to help Miss Acton recover her memory, and to piece together the killer's indentity. It is a riddle that will test their skills to the limit and lead them on a thrilling journey - into the darkest places of the city, and of the human mind.

[edit] Characters in "The Interpretation of Murder"

  • Sigmund Freud
  • Carl Jung
  • Abraham Brill
  • Rose Brill
  • Sandor Ferenczi
  • George B. McClellan, Mayor of New York City
  • Stratham Younger, Dr. (fictional). The first person story teller in the book.
  • Nora Acton (fictional). Based on Freud's case study of "Dora" (Ida Bauer)
  • Mr Harcourt Acton and Mrs Acton, Nora's parents
  • George Banwell, Building contractor (fictional)
  • Clara Banwell, George Banwells wife (fictional)
  • Jimmy Littlemore, Detective (fictional)
  • Charles Hugel, Coroner (fictional)
  • Granville Stanley Hall
  • Ernest Jones
  • Smith Ely Jeliffe, Dr, Publisher
  • The "Triumvirate":
    • Charles Loomis Dana
    • Bernhard Sachs
    • M. Allen Starr
  • Elizabeth Riverford (fictional)
  • Mr and Mrs Biggs (fictional), the Acton family's servants
  • Betty Longobardi (fictional)
  • Chong Sing
  • Leon Ling, alias William Leon (fictional)
  • Seamus Malley (fictional)
  • Harry Thaw
  • Elsie Sigel, granddaughter of General Franz Sigel
  • Mr and Mrs Sigel, Elsie's parents
  • Mabel, Mr and Mrs Sigel niece
  • Charles Johnson
  • Susan (Susie) Merill, Brothel owner
  • Mr and Mrs Hyslop
  • Mr and Mrs Fish
  • Charles Becker, Police Sergeant
  • Louis Riviere

[edit] Places, land marks and buildings in "The Interpretation of Murder"

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