The Angel Of Darkness: Book 2 Of The Alienist: A Novel (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ò THE BOOK BEHIND SEASON TWO OF TNTÆS THE ALIENIST ò Dr. Laszlo Kreizler returns in a ôwhopping thrillerö (The Washington Post) that showcases Caleb Carr ôat his strongestö (USA Today). June 1897. A year has passed since Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a pioneer in forensic psychiatry, tracked down the brutal serial killer John Beecham with the help of a team of trusted companions and a revolutionary application of the principles of his discipline. Kreizler and his friendsùhigh-living crime reporter John Schuyler Moore; indomitable, derringer-toting Sara Howard; the brilliant (and bickering) detective brothers Marcus and Lucius Isaacson; powerful and compassionate Cyrus Montrose; and Stevie Taggert, the boy Kreizler saved from a life of street crimeùhave returned to their former pursuits and tried to forget the horror of the Beecham case. But when the distraught wife of a Spanish diplomat begs SaraÆs aid, the team reunites to help find her kidnapped infant daughter. It is a case fraught with danger, since Spain and the United States are on the verge of war. Their investigation leads the team to a shocking suspect: a woman who appears to the world to be a heroic nurse and a loving mother, but who may in reality be a ruthless murderer of children. Once again, Caleb Carr proves his brilliant ability to re-create the past, both high life and low. Fast-paced and chilling, The Angel of Darkness is a tour de force, a novel of modern evil in old New York. Praise for The Angel of Darkness ôA ripping yarn told with verve, intensity, and a feel for historical detail . . . Once again we are careening around the gaslighted New York that Carr knows, and depicts, so well.öùThe New York Times Book Review ôGripping . . . Carr is at his strongest, exploring the dark underside of the human psyche and ferreting out the terrors and tragedies that drive menùand womenùto kill. . . . In Libby Hatch, Carr has created a villain whose cunning is nearly equal to his detectivesÆ crime-solving prowess. . . . The mystery is plotted with military precision.öùUSA Today ô[A] whopping thriller . . . Carr keeps us racing along with him to the very end.öùThe Washington Post Book World ôFascinating . . . In a brilliant bit of historical casting, Clarence Darrow, a rising courtroom wizard from Chicago, turns up to defend the villain at a tense upstate New York murder trial.öùTime

• | Author: Caleb Carr
• | Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• | Publication Date: Apr 10, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 656 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0345425316
• | ISBN-13: 9780345425317