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The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
The year is 1896. The city is New York. 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. From there the two embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology: creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator based on the details of his crimes.
Year: 1994
Genre: Historical, Serial Killer
The Angel of Darkness
by Caleb Carr
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.
Year: 1997
| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1885 | King Solomon's Mines | by H. Rider Haggard | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1886 | She | by H. Rider Haggard | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1985 | Blood Meridian | by Cormac McCarthy | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1994 | The Alienist | by Caleb Carr | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1997 | The Angel of Darkness | by Caleb Carr | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2009 | Abandon | by Blake Crouch | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2011 | Kearny's March | by Winston Groom | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2017 | Dragon Teeth | by Michael Crichton | ||||||
