NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE BOOK BEHIND SEASON TWO OF TNT’S THE ALIENIST • Dr. Laszlo Kreizler returns in a “whopping thriller” (The Washington Post) that showcases Caleb Carr “at his strongest” (USA Today). June 1897. A year has passed since Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a pioneer in forensic psychiatry, tracked down the brutal serial killer John Beecham with the help of a team of trusted … brutal serial killer John Beecham with the help of a team of trusted companions and a revolutionary application of the principles of his discipline. Kreizler and his friends—high-living crime reporter John Schuyler Moore; indomitable, derringer-toting Sara Howard; the brilliant (and bickering) detective brothers Marcus and Lucius Isaacson; powerful and compassionate Cyrus Montrose; and Stevie Taggert, the boy Kreizler saved from a life of street crime—have returned to their former pursuits and tried to forget the horror of the Beecham case.
But when the distraught wife of a Spanish diplomat begs Sara’s aid, the team reunites to help find her kidnapped infant daughter. It is a case fraught with danger, since Spain and the United States are on the verge of war. Their investigation leads the team to a shocking suspect: a woman who appears to the world to be a heroic nurse and a loving mother, but who may in reality be a ruthless murderer of children.
Once again, Caleb Carr proves his brilliant ability to re-create the past, both high life and low. Fast-paced and chilling, The Angel of Darkness is a tour de force, a novel of modern evil in old New York.
Praise for The Angel of Darkness
“A ripping yarn told with verve, intensity, and a feel for historical detail . . . Once again we are careening around the gaslighted New York that Carr knows, and depicts, so well.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Gripping . . . Carr is at his strongest, exploring the dark underside of the human psyche and ferreting out the terrors and tragedies that drive men—and women—to kill. . . . In Libby Hatch, Carr has created a villain whose cunning is nearly equal to his detectives’ crime-solving prowess. . . . The mystery is plotted with military precision.”—USA Today
“[A] whopping thriller . . . Carr keeps us racing along with him to the very end.”—The Washington Post Book World
“Fascinating . . . In a brilliant bit of historical casting, Clarence Darrow, a rising courtroom wizard from Chicago, turns up to defend the villain at a tense upstate New York murder trial.”—Time
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plodding
Love Carr’s writing and use of language.
Storyline and characters are very good. I wish there were more.
would like to see more of these characters
a great mystery, great characters, set at the dawn of forensic science and psychological profiling
Calib Carr presents fascinating characters in a rich period Manhattin New York atmosphear. I recommend all of his books.
Extremely informative, providing historical information on criminal science in an interesting story. Could not put it down.
A well-researched and unique look at turn of the century New York with many historical characters. The best author I’ve come across in many years.
Fantastic read! Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Fantastic characters. I loved ever minute of this book. Would definetly recommend to everyone!
Read this a number of years ago and loved it.
I’d already read “The Alienist” and loved it. This was a good follow-up with the same characters. Great story with historical references.
Very dark and graphic. If violence and graphic death isn’t your thing, this is not the book for you. Having said that, the characters are wonderful. The narrator of this novel is different from The Alienist, the first book in the series, and you see all of the characters from a totally different POV.
This and the first of the two, The Alienist, are two of my favorite books