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The Alienist

By: Caleb Carr
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
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A new breed of evil in Old New York

New York, 1986: Lower Manhattan's underworld is ruled by a new generation of cold-blooded criminals...Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt battles widespread corruption within the department's ranks...and a shockingly brutal murder sets off an investigation that could change crime-fighting forever.

In the middle of a wintry March night, New York Times reporter John Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a brilliant pioneer in the new and much-maligned discipline of psychology, the emerging study of society's "alienated" mentally ill. There they view the horribly mutilated body of a young boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels. Supervised by Commissioner Roosevelt, the newsman and his "alienist" mentor embark on a revolutionary attempt to identify the killer by assembling his psychological profile -- a dangerous quest that takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before...and will kill again before the hunt is over.

As rich in vivid period ambience as Ragtime and Time and Again, and as relentlessly suspenseful as Red Dragon or The Silence of the Lambs, The Alienist will take you to a New York that no longer exists -- to confront an evil of timeless savagery.©1994 Caleb Carr, All Rights Reserved; (P)1994 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved; Audioworks is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc. Genre Fiction Historical Horror Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Mystery Psychological Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction New York Suspense
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This was an amazing story! Caleb Carr wrote a great story and the much missed Edward Herrmann was the best possible narrator.

Awesome

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Detailed and dark
Having watched the series this gave a less personal feel than on TV, more focused on the more than the individuals.
Highly recommend

Awesome!!!

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excellent narration good book overall can't wait to watch the tv adaptation of story interesting characters and storyline

interesting read

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The story possesses many interesting details about the era in which it was set but it also contains many gruesome details. The listener should be prepared as the writer leaves very little to the imagination.

Interesting but gruesome

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Great book, well read, excellent atmosphere and music. would download others of the writer and narrator

Great book

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