Vienna Blood: A Novel

by Adrian Mathews

Set vividly in a future city, this tale of murder and corruption reaches back into Vienna's darkest past--Hitler's dream of a master race--to render a tale of human evil never fully conquered. A first novel. Reprint.

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Mystery

400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: Vienna 2026. A commodities broker winds up dead and his pregnant widow consults a reporter. She thinks it was murder.

[Katrina Evans · Rating 1 out of 5]

The blurb and the premise of this book really engaged me and I'm still intrigued by it but I will never finish it.

The prose is truly awful. Unreadable, dense, and meaningless. It's like the author was trying to give it literary depth and layers of meaning but to me it just sounded wanky and show-offy.

I gave it a couple of attempts with a few months in between in case it was my mood but I have to give up and admit that this one is not for me.

[Sandra Y Bryant]

An interesting story, but was written in a way that made it difficult for me to enjoy.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good fun, will make a great movie, and an ideal light reading for a convalescent brain.
It's full of complex techno-gadgetry and very long Germanic words, but the gist of it is that mad scientists develop IVF technology to create a master race resistant to bio-terrorism. Sharkey is the innocent journalist who stumbles into this discovery, but it turns out....
Noooo
I won't tell!

[Stevedutch · Rating 2 out of 5]

Life is far too short to waste on this overblown, hyperbolic and, finally, unsuccessful attempt to revisit Vienna, Philip Kerr style 60 years on. Go back to the original - Berlin Noir - for a truly satisfying read.

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this book would be a fairly straightforward ‘newshound roots out evil plot’ story. Instead it’s far more nuanced and a good deal better written than I expected. An well plotted story with some interesting characters. Not a classic, but definitely worth reading. I wanted to give it 3.5.

[David]

A slow-burner: wonderfully-detailed and executed.

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, complex, idea-packed thriller. Characters were likeably developed, but the action-part got compromised in favour of contemplative aspects.