Vienna Blood

When a depressed Hungarian Countess drowns in the bath, it looks like suicide. Intense scrutiny falls on her psychoanalyst, Max. Oskar teams up with Max to solve the riddle of the Countess’ death and clear Max’s professional reputation.

Circumstantial evidence points to the Countess’ young friend having poisoned her, but without a motive, Oskar and Max must widen the search. A breakthrough in Max’s analysis of the Countess’ dreams opens a new line of investigation.

A beggar girl finds a mutilated corpse in the slums. Strasser warns Oskar that the investigation is not their concern, but when Oskar receives anonymous messages relating to the murder, he can’t resist delving further.

Oskar instigates a surveillance operation to catch the assassin and uncovers an intricate foreign plot. Can Max and Oskar defuse the scheme in time to save innocent lives? Meanwhile Max’s personal life faces yet more complications.

A monk has been found brutally murdered in the monastery. Suspicion falls on a religious Jew who had recently reprimanded the monk for spreading anti-Semitic rhetoric. The scandal reaches Clara, who pleads to her ex-fiancé Max for help.

Max discovers a clue that reveals a hint at the monk’s behavior. The atmosphere intensifies when another Brother is found dead. To untangle the truth, Max will need to become acquainted with the devil dressed in all his finery.