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A spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul, by the author of the million-copy bestseller, The Interpretation of Murder.

September 16, 1920. Under a clear blue September sky, a quarter ton of explosives is detonated in a deadly attack on Wall Street. Fear comes to the streets of New York.


Witnessing the blast are war veteran Stratham Younger, his friend James Littlemore of the NY Police Department, and beautiful French radiochemist Colette Rousseau. A series of inexplicable attacks on Colette, a secret buried in her past, and a mysterious trail of evidence lead Younger, Littlemore, and Rousseau on a thrilling international and psychological journey - from Paris to Prague, from the Vienna home of Freud to the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and ultimately to the hidden depths of our most savage instincts. As the seemingly disjointed pieces of Younger and Littlemore''s investigations come together,

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'A tapestry of intrigue, corruption, double-dealing and double standards on a grand scale. A must-read for conspiracy theorists.' * The Times *
'This elegant thriller...it will thrill Rubenfeld's fans around the world.' * Daily Mail *
'Carefully researched and energetically told' * Literary Review *
'A Buchanesque thriller' * Guardian *
'An ingenious theory...Rubenfeld is a superb action writer' * Saturday Telegraph *

The Death Instinct

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    A Paperback / softback by Jed Rubenfeld

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      Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
      Publication Date: 28/04/2011
      ISBN13: 9780755344024, 978-0755344024
      ISBN10: 755344022

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul, by the author of the million-copy bestseller, The Interpretation of Murder.

      September 16, 1920. Under a clear blue September sky, a quarter ton of explosives is detonated in a deadly attack on Wall Street. Fear comes to the streets of New York.


      Witnessing the blast are war veteran Stratham Younger, his friend James Littlemore of the NY Police Department, and beautiful French radiochemist Colette Rousseau. A series of inexplicable attacks on Colette, a secret buried in her past, and a mysterious trail of evidence lead Younger, Littlemore, and Rousseau on a thrilling international and psychological journey - from Paris to Prague, from the Vienna home of Freud to the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and ultimately to the hidden depths of our most savage instincts. As the seemingly disjointed pieces of Younger and Littlemore''s investigations come together,

      Trade Review
      'A tapestry of intrigue, corruption, double-dealing and double standards on a grand scale. A must-read for conspiracy theorists.' * The Times *
      'This elegant thriller...it will thrill Rubenfeld's fans around the world.' * Daily Mail *
      'Carefully researched and energetically told' * Literary Review *
      'A Buchanesque thriller' * Guardian *
      'An ingenious theory...Rubenfeld is a superb action writer' * Saturday Telegraph *

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