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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.
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The Alienist, Caleb Carr
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- Released
- 1995
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- Title
- The Alienist
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Caleb Carr
- Publisher
- Warner Books
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0751512176
- ISBN13
- 9780751512175
- Series
- The Alienist
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Mystery & Thriller, Psychological Topics, Thriller, Suspense, USA, Murders, Detective Fiction, 19th century, Psychological Thrillers, Adapted for Film, Mysterious, Mysteries, New York, America, Psychological novels, Police, Serial killers, Victorian Era, Murderers, Psychiatry, Prostitution, Adapted into Series, Forensic Psychology
- First published
- 1994
- Original title
- The Alienist
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- 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.