THE DOCTOR OF DEATH - VIENNESE BLOOD

  • The first in a new series about a young Viennese forensic medical examiner at the beginning of the 20th century.
  • A fascinating city, an exciting period, a devious crime: high suspense against a historical backdrop. 
  • More than 50,000 copies sold of Vol. I-IV altogether.

Vienna, 1908. Young doctor Fanny Goldmann prefers to spend her time in the forensic department, despite the disdain of her male colleagues. When a dead homeless man is brought in, Fanny notices inconsistences and so she secretly performs an autopsy on the body. Her investigation leads her into the middle of a coup being carried out by charismatic thief Max. He is looking for a legendary piece of jewellery belonging to the imperial family and leads Fanny into the unfamiliar world of glamorous salons and magnificent palaces – but also into the seedy dives and brothels of the Viennese underworld. Death lurks around every corner and its victims reveal their most intimate secrets to Fanny on her dissecting table … 

 

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Taschenbuch
  • Release: 15.06.2021
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-00558-9
  • 414 Pages
  • Series: Die Totenärztin-Reihe
  • Author: René Anour

Awards

  • 2021: Shortlist - Leo-Perutz-Preis

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René Anour

René Anour lives in Vienna. He studied veterinary medicine there, although a research project led him all the way to Harvard Medical School. He now works for the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety and is an expert in newly developed medicines for the European Medical Agency. His historical novel Im Schatten des Turms explores a fascinating aspect of medical history: the Narrenturm, the world's first psychiatric hospital. His second novel with Rowohlt is the beginning of a four-part series about a young pathologist in early 20th-century Vienna: Die Totenärztin . For these books, he received both the Golden Homer and the Homer Audience Award for the best German-language historical novel.

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