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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 posi-tive 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.… (meer)
Detectiveverhaal met vooraanstaande rol voor Ludwig Wittgenstein - zowel de man als de filosoof. Sterke vrouw in de hoofdrol, dus minder stereotiep dan de Berlijnse trilogie
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The best I could write would never be more than philosophical remarks; my thoughts were soon crippled if I tried to force them on in any single direction against their natural inclination. - And this was, of course, connected with the very nature of the investigation. For this compels us to travel over a wide field of thought criss-cross in every direction.
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations
There will be a time to murder and create, And time for all the works and days of hands That lift and drop a question on your plate;
T. S. Eliot: The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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'The unfortunate victim, twenty-five-year-old Mary Woolnoth, was found naked in the basement of the offices of the Mylar Shipping Company in Jermyn Street, where she had worked for three years as a receptionist, her face beaten in with a claw hammer.
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Jake wiped the tear from her eye, collected the hyacinth, and went out into the sunshine.
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 posi-tive 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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