NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES • "A first-rate tale of crime and
punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages."-Entertainment Weekly
"Caleb Carr's rich period thriller takes us back to the moment in history when the modern idea
of the serial killer became available to us."-The Detroit News When The Alienist was first
published in 1994 it was a major phenomenon spending six months on the New York Times
bestseller list receiving critical acclaim and selling millions of copies. This modern
classic continues to be a touchstone of historical suspense fiction for readers everywhere.
The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by
his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler-a psychologist or "alienist"-to view the horribly mutilated
body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. From there the two
embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology: creating a psychological profile of the
perpetrator based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the
tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who will kill again before their hunt is over.
Fast-paced and riveting infused with historical detail The Alienist conjures up Gilded Age
New York with its tenements and mansions corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters shining opera
houses and seamy gin mills. It is an age in which questioning society's belief that all killers
are born not made could have unexpected and fatal consequences. Praise for The Alienist
"[A] delicious premise . . . Its settings and characterizations are much more sophisticated
than the run-of-the-mill thrillers that line the shelves in bookstores."-The Washington Post
Book World "Mesmerizing."-Detroit Free Press "The method of the hunt and the disparate team
of hunters lift the tale beyond the level of a good thriller-way beyond. . . . A remarkable
combination of historical novel and psychological thriller."-The Buffalo News
"Engrossing."-Newsweek "Gripping atmospheric . . . intelligent and entertaining."-USA Today
"A high-spirited charged-up and unfailingly smart thriller."-Los Angeles Times "Keeps
readers turning pages well past their bedtime."-San Francisco Chronicle
