by Caleb Carr · Random House Trade Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780525510277
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«The Alienist» is the historical mystery novel by Caleb Carr, published by Random House Trade Paperbacks in paperback (512 pages, in English).
In 1896 New York, journalist John Schuyler Moore and Dr. Laszlo Kreizler investigate the murder of a boy found at the Williamsburg Bridge. Alongside Theodore Roosevelt and Sara Howard, they apply a pioneering method: building a psychological profile of the criminal. The search traverses the contrasts of the Gilded Age, from tenements to mansions and taverns.
First installment of the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler series, also called The Alienist Series. TNT Tie-in edition published in 2017, linked to the television series; the novel originally appeared in 1994.
For readers of historical crime fiction and psychological suspense who value historical setting and pioneering methods of criminal investigation.
Caleb Carr was an American military historian and author. Carr was the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz.
