Some things never change.
New York City, 1896. Hypocrisy in high places is rife, police corruption commonplace, and a brutal killer is terrorising young male prostitutes. Unfortunately for Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, the psychological profiling of murderers is a practice still in its infancy, struggling to make headway against the prejudices of those who prefer the mentally ill - and the 'alienists' who treat them - to be out of sight as well as out of mind. But as the body count rises, Roosevelt swallows his doubts and turns to the eminent alienist Dr Laszlo Kreizler to put a stop to the bloody murders - giving Kreizler a chance to take him further into the dark heart of criminality, and one step closer to death.
- 'Real storytelling verve, the sort of narrative drive that manages to create a crescendo at the end of each chapter without deafening the reader.' Sunday Times
- 'THE ALIENIST isn't only an ingenious thriller: Carr brings enormous gusto to his portrait of old New York … the city seems to rise off the page.' The Independent
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Published 06/06/2002
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