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    The Death Instinct (Hardback) By (author) Jed Rubenfeld

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    Short Description for The Death InstinctA spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul, "The Death Instinct," by the author of "The Interpretation of Murder," takes readers back to 1920 to the first terrorist attack on Wall Street.
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    Engrossing historical mystery - a thoroughly satisfying read!4

    Gaby @ Starting Fresh Jed Rubenfeld's The Death Instinct is a detective novel set in 1920s New York. World War I is over (but the Roaring 20s haven't arrived) and factories are closing, unemployment is rampant and Prohibition has just been imposed. In this environment of desperation and dissatisfaction, Wall Street explodes. New York City suffers the most destructive and deadly terrorist attack on US soil. Enter the war veteran and wealthy Boston Brahmin Dr. Stratham Younger, his colleague NY detective Jimmy Littlemore, and the beautiful and mysterious French physicist Colette Rousseau.

    In The Death Instinct, Rubenfeld has taken a historical event that remains unsolved - and created an engrossing tale of injustice, mystery, and adventure. Stratham, Colette and Jimmy follow the evidence from the streets of New York to the corridors of power in the Capitol to devastated Vienna and the war torn villages in Europe. They meet with Sigmund Freud, Madame Curie, and JP Morgan's right hand man, Lamont - and take readers on an engrossing and satisfying escape.

    ISBN-10: 1594487820 - Hardcover $26.99
    Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover; Reprint edition (January 20, 2011), 464 pages.
    Review copy provided by the publisher. by Gaby @ Starting Fresh

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    Lydia Presley This is not my "normal" genre of book to read. I'm not a big detective/historical mystery type reader, but this book looked interesting so I took a chance on it - and boy did it pay off.

    When I picked up the book (after procrastinating long enough, see above comment), I was immediately drawn into a world that was filled with interesting characters, strange circumstances and terse, to the point prose that had me on the edge of my seat. Every single scene was knit together so carefully that I had a hard time finding a spot to stop without feeling as if I should just go.. a few pages more.

    Although the book is a lengthy one (480 pages) it felt more like a 200 page novel due to the speed with which the story progressed. In addition, there are some great flashbacks, a story within the story, where the characters lead the reader through bits and pieces that help tie the entire story together.

    Set around the 1920 bombing of Wall Street, this is a story that I thoroughly enjoyed, that I've already talked about to three separate people, and that will be taking a permanent spot on my bookshelf. by Lydia Presley

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