The Death Instinct

New York, 1920. The Streets Of Manhattan Teem With Seething Resentments And Inarticulate Passions. Wall Street Explodes-- Literally. It Is The Most Destructive And Deadly Terrorist Attack Ever Committed On Us Soil. Three People Caught In The Blast Are Led On A Harrowing Journey From Paris To Prague, Unraveling Secrets And The Shocking Truth Behind The Terror In Wall Street. Ten Years On From The Interpretation Of Murder, Stratham Younger And James Littlemore Embark On A Thrilling New Adventure In The Aftermath Of A Terrorist Attack In New York; It Is A Story That Will Lead Stratham To The Heart Of War-ravaged Europe, Where He Will Once Again Encounter Sigmund Freud. 12.01pm, September 16, 1920. A Quarter Ton Of Explosives Is Detonated On New York's Wall Street, The Deadliest Attack In The United States' 150 Year History. Stratham Younger, Recently Returned From The Battlefields Of Europe, Witnesses The Explosion Alongside Captain James Littlemore Of The Nypd And Veronique Bourg, A Brilliant And Beautiful Young Disciple Of Marie Curie. Littlemore's Investigation Will Lead Him Into Conflict With The Fbi, And To The Centre Of A Dangerous Web Of Corruption That Links Wall Street And Washington. Meanwhile Stratham And Veronique Embark On A Perilous Journey That Will Take Them To Vienna, Where Freud Will Shed Light On His Theory Of The Human Desire For Destruction, Even Self-destruction, Which He Terms 'the Death Instinct'. Jed Rubenfeld. Vi skriver 1920. Det er september og himmelen er klar og blå da et kvart tonn sprengstoff blir detonert i et dødelig angrep på Wall Street. Krigsveteranen Stratham Younger, hans venn politiinspektør James Littelmore og den vakre franske kjemikeren Colette Rousseau blir vitne til angrepet. Så begynner en rekke uforklarlige angrep på Colette, en hemmelighet i fortiden hennes og en rekke mystiske spor fører de tre på en internasjonal og psykologisk reise fra Paris til Praha, fra Sigmund Freuds hjem i Wien til maktens korridorer i Washington DS, og til dypet av våre mest brutale instinkter. Forfatteren hadde stor suksess med sin forrige roman The interpretation of murder, som også ble oversatt til norsk Krimi. Under a clear blue September sky, a quarter ton of explosives is detonated in a deadly attack on Wall Street. Witnessing the blast are i.a. war veteran Stratham Younger and his friend James Littlemore of the New York Police Department. A mysterious trail of evidence leads the two on a thrilling international and psychological journey