1900s Vienna, a hot bed of philosophy, science and art, where a clash of cultures and ideas collide in the citys grand cafes and opera houses.Max Liebermann is a brilliant young English student of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. When Max comes into contact with Oskar Rheinhardt, a Detective Inspector struggling with a strange case, he agrees to help him investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders. Maxs extraordinary skills of perception and forensics, and his deep understanding of human behavior and deviance, lead them to solve some of Viennas most mysterious and deadly cases.