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The Alienist

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781473660922

Price: £8.99

ON SALE: 24th August 2017

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Historical Fiction

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THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING SENSATION NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EBOOK

Now a major Netflix series starring Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning and Daniel Brühl

Over 3 million copies sold worldwide

108,000 Goodreads ratings

For fans of Mindhunter and Sherlock Holmes


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

Forensics and psychological profiling are still in their infancy, but as the body count rises, Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt calls on eminent psychologist or ‘alienist’, Dr Laszlo Kreizler and crime reporter John Schuyler Moore to trial these new methods.

Kreizler, Moore and their team must venture to the darkest corners of New York – and the human mind – to catch the sadistic killer before they strike again.


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Praise for The Alienist

The Alienist isn’t only an ingenious thriller. Carr brings enormous gusto to his portrait of old New York’ Independent

‘Gripping, atmospheric, intelligent, and entertaining’
USA Today

‘Richly atmospheric . . . You can smell the fear in the air’ New York Times

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You can smell the fear in the air
New York Times
Gripping, atmospheric, intelligent, and entertaining
USA Today
A knockout period mystery, infused with intelligence, vitality, and humor
Library Journal
An original that fits no established mystery niche, Carr's fictional debut could be the start of something big
Booklist
Carr's stylish tale is brilliantly researched and written with commanding elegance and supreme confidence
Irish Independent
A vivid picture of fin-de-siecle New York
TLS
Superb
Mail on Sunday

Laszlo Kreizler & John Schuyler Moore