The Alienist - Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, Bk 1 Author:Caleb Carr 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 pr... more »ejudices 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.« less