The Angel of Darkness: Book 2 of the Alienist: A NovelNEW 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 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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User Review - TheGalaxyGirl - LibraryThingI enjoyed the historical detail. Carr is a master of setting, really evoking the time and place. However, this book really dragged for me. Every scene just always felt a bit too long. While I enjoyed ... Read full review
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User Review - ibkennedy - LibraryThingGood story beautifully written but tedious sometimes be a use of unnecessary detail. At 600 pages, too long. Read full review
Contents
Section 22 | 326 |
Section 23 | 370 |
Section 24 | 385 |
Section 25 | 402 |
Section 26 | 413 |
Section 27 | 424 |
Section 28 | 455 |
Section 29 | 482 |
Section 9 | 124 |
Section 10 | 134 |
Section 11 | 147 |
Section 12 | 156 |
Section 13 | 184 |
Section 14 | 189 |
Section 15 | 207 |
Section 16 | 228 |
Section 17 | 243 |
Section 18 | 256 |
Section 19 | 274 |
Section 20 | 306 |
Section 21 | 312 |
Section 30 | 499 |
Section 31 | 537 |
Section 32 | 581 |
Section 33 | 594 |
Section 34 | 628 |
Section 35 | 672 |
Section 36 | 697 |
Section 37 | 711 |
Section 38 | 717 |
Section 39 | 728 |
Section 40 | 741 |
Section 41 | 749 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Angel of Darkness: Book 2 of the Alienist: A Novel Volume 2 of The Alienist Series |
| Author | Caleb Carr |
| Edition | unabridged, reprint |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0307432726, 9780307432728 |
| Length | 768 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Crime Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical Fiction / Thrillers / Historical |
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