num_pages: 329
description: 
  A terrifyingly prescient cult classic by the author of the Berlin Noir trilogy.
LONDON, 2013. Serial killings have reached epidemic proportions – even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the "punitive coma." Beautiful, whip-smart, and driven by demons of her own, Detective Isadora "Jake" Jacowicz must stop a murderer, code-named "Wittgenstein," who has taken it upon himself to eliminate any man who has tested posi­tive for a tendency towards violent behavior – even if his victim has never committed a crime.Philip Kerr is winning more acclaim than ever for his beloved Bernie Gunther series and – with Kerr's higher profile – A Philosophical Investigation is poised to capture an all-new readership with its riveting tale of a killer whose intellectual brilliance is matched only by his homicidal madness.
language: English
title: A Philosophical Investigation
titlecomplete: A Philosophical Investigation
characters: Isadora "Jake" Jacowicz
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Philosophy, British Literature, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Novels, Crime
ratings_count: 1970
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Deutscher Krimi Preis
category: 1. Platz International
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux