Deadly Cheat

In THE DEADLY DRAG, a beautiful medium is found dead with a gunshot wound to the heart, and Dr. Max Liebermann, a young disciple of Sigmund Freud, is called in to help his friend, Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt, investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the case. The room containing the body had been locked from the inside, and a cryptic note suggested a supernatural and malevolent force was at work. Using the new science of psychoanalysis, Liebermann peers into the minds of Rheinhardt's suspects in an attempt to unravel this baffling crime. Meanwhile, his encounter with a young English governess who suffers from hysteria but possesses a remarkable understanding of forensic medicine sheds new light on the case and on Liebermann's own future...