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The Alienist is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, including Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan.
Mar 15, 1994 · The mutilated body of a young “rent boy” is found on the construction site of the Williamsburg bridge, prompting police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to summon two old friends from Harvard to help crack the case: John Moore, a reporter, and the enigmatic Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a reputed alienist.
Oct 24, 2006 · Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler—a psychologist, or “alienist”—to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1), The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2), The Alienist at Armageddon (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #3), Surrender...
Oct 24, 2006 · Fast-paced and riveting, infused with historical detail, The Alienist conjures up Gilded Age New York, with its tenements and mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant...
Oct 24, 2006 · A society-born police reporter and an enigmatic abnormal psychologist--the ``alienist'' of the title--are recruited in 1896 by New York's reform police commissioner Teddy Roosevelt to track down a serial killer who is slaughtering boy prostitutes.
Set in New York at the turn of the 20th century (when Teddy Roosevelt was Police Commissioner), the novel is about the hunt for a serial killer and is so thrilling it’s even been turned into a Netflix series, The Alienist.
Fast-paced and gripping, infused with a historian's exactitude, The Alienist conjures up the Gilded Age and its untarnished underside: verminous tenements and...
Oct 24, 2006 · Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler—a psychologist, or “alienist”—to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge.
4.4 8,442 ratings. Book 1 of 2: Dr. Lazlo Kreizler. See all formats and editions. The internationally bestselling historical thriller, now a major Netflix series starring Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning and Daniel Bruhl. Some things never change. New York City, 1896.
- Caleb Carr
