In 1896 New York, psychologist--or in period terminology, an alienist--Laszlo Kreizler joins forces with journalist John Schuyler Moore to track a vicious serial killer.
The Alienist Series
Step into the shadowy streets of Victorian New York, where early psychological profiling and forensic science collide with gruesome crimes. This series follows a brilliant, unorthodox psychologist and his team as they hunt down serial killers. It delves into the minds of perpetrators and the complexities of society during a transformative era. Expect a gripping blend of historical fiction, psychological thriller, and detective procedural.
Recommended Reading Order
The angel of darkness
- 816 pages
- 29 hours of reading
A year after the events narrated in the bestselling THE ALIENIST, the cast of characters from that novel are again brought together to investigate a crime committed in the heady days of New York in the 1890s, but this time narrated by the orphan Stevie Taggert. A young child, the daughter of Spanish diplomats, disappears. It seems she has been abducted but no ransom note is received and the detectives Isaacson quickly discover that a nurse, Elspeth Hunter, is probably the kidnapper. They also discover that Hunter has been a little too closely connected with the death of three other infants. But what are her motives? She married a fortune, and although she is connected to some fairly rough villains this crime does not fit their modus operandi. Is it something as 'simple' as psychological disturbance due to her own inability to bear children, or something more sinister unguessed at?