{"product_id":"the-angel-of-darkness-book-2-of-the-alienist","title":"The Angel of Darkness: Book 2 of the Alienist","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eTHE BOOK BEHIND SEASON TWO OF TNT'S \u003ci\u003eTHE ALIENIST\u003c\/i\u003e - Dr. Laszlo Kreizler returns in a \"whopping thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) that showcases Caleb Carr \"at his strongest\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJune 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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce again, Caleb Carr proves his brilliant ability to re-create the past, both high life and low. Fast-paced and chilling, \u003ci\u003eThe Angel of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force, a novel of modern evil in old New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Angel of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] whopping thriller . . . Carr keeps us racing along with him to the very end.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\r","brand":"Caleb Carr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44445117939948,"sku":"9780345425317","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780345425317.jpg?v=1708849846","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-angel-of-darkness-book-2-of-the-alienist","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}