The Alienist: Number 1 in series

Reissue of this ground-breaking historical whodunnit, in which 1890s New York is as much a character as the investigators

The internationally bestselling historical thriller, now a major Netflix series starring Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning and Daniel Brühl.

Some things never change.

New York City, 1896. Hypocrisy in high places is rife, police corruption commonplace, and a brutal killer is terrorising young male prostitutes.

Unfortunately for Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, the psychological profiling of murderers is a practice still in its infancy, struggling to make headway against the prejudices of those who prefer the mentally ill - and the ''alienists'' who treat them - to be out of sight as well as out of mind.

But as the body count rises, Roosevelt swallows his doubts and turns to the eminent alienist Dr Laszlo Kreizler to put a stop to the bloody murders - giving Kreizler a chance to take him further into the dark heart of criminality, and one step closer to death.

''An ingenious thriller''
Independent

''Gripping, atmospheric, intelligent, and entertaining''
USA Today

''Richly atmospheric . . . You can smell the fear''
New York Times

• | Author: Caleb Carr
• | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• | Publication Date: Apr 24, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780751574173
• | ISBN-10: 0751574171