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| Original Title: | The Angel of Darkness |
| ISBN: | 0345427637 (ISBN13: 9780345427632) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2 |
| Characters: | Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, Stevie Taggert, Cyrus Montrose, Sara Howard, John Schuyler Moore, Marcus Isaacson, Lucius Isaacson, Elspeth Hunter |
| Setting: | New York City, New York,1897(United States) Ballston Spa, New York,1897(United States) |
Caleb Carr
Paperback | Pages: 752 pages Rating: 3.99 | 23149 Users | 1287 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) |
| Author | : | Caleb Carr |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 752 pages |
| Published | : | 1997 by Ballantine Books |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Crime. Thriller |
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In The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr brings back the vivid world of his bestselling The Alienist but with a twist: this story is told by the former street urchin Stevie Taggert, whose rough life has given him wisdom beyond his years. Thus New York City, and the groundbreaking alienist Dr. Kreizler himself, are seen anew.It is 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.
Once again, Caleb Carr proves his brilliant ability to re-create the past, both high life and low. As the horror unfolds, Delmonico's still serves up wondrous meals, and a summer trip to the elegant gambling parlors of Saratoga provides precious keys to the murderer's past. At the same time, we go on revealing journeys into Stevie's New York, a place where poor and neglected children--then as now--turn to crime and drugs at shockingly early ages. Peppered throughout are characters taken from real life and rendered with historical vigor, including suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton; painter Albert Pinkham Ryder; and Clarence Darrow, who thunders for the defense in a tense courtroom drama during which the sanctity of American motherhood itself is put on trial. Fast-paced and chilling, The Angel of Darkness is a tour de force, a novel of modern evil in old New York.
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Ratings: 3.99 From 23149 Users | 1287 ReviewsComment On Of Books The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2)
This installment was okay, but I didn't enjoy it near as much as The Alienist. Having Stevie as narrator was somewhat disappointing. I look forward to the next installment, as I adore all these characters immensely, especially Sara and Tom.."After all, a man who makes his children of secondary or even minor importance, though he may be criticized by some, is hardly held to be unusual. Why should we believe any differently of a woman?This was a wonderful but long and twisted story. It was wonderful to learn more about the characters and to jump in time, but I didn't like Moore as much in this one as I had in the last. It was interesting learning things from Stevie's POV. He had a definite different way about viewing the world and
"After all, a man who makes his children of secondary or even minor importance, though he may be criticized by some, is hardly held to be unusual. Why should we believe any differently of a woman?This was a wonderful but long and twisted story. It was wonderful to learn more about the characters and to jump in time, but I didn't like Moore as much in this one as I had in the last. It was interesting learning things from Stevie's POV. He had a definite different way about viewing the world and
If I don't declare this my favorite book of 2019, it's at least up there on my list. Wow, I thought this was really good. I'm still surprised that this had the negative reviews that it did, but maybe too many folks were comparing this too much with The Alienist? Or maybe because it was narrated by Stevie and so the language was a bit different? Who knows (who cares)? All I know, is that this hit all the right spots for me. A phenomenal detailed description of the time period --1897 New York,
While not quite the yarn of The Alienist, I was very captivated by the story in the book. Emotional and driven, at times a little sluggish, it never failed to pick up speed and keep me going. I would love to have seen more of Mrs. Hatch but still a great read.
Just arrived from USA trough BM.Even if I haven't read the first book of this series, The Alienist, it didn't compromise this reading.The plot starts with the kidnapping of a Spanish diplomat's baby but then the main story switched to the suspect of this crime, Libby Hatch, a nurse who is the suspect murderess of her own children.Dr. Lazlo Kreizler, a psychologist or the alienist who tries to help the only surviving child to testimony against her own mother, leads the investigation team.It
If we succeed in bringing Libby Hatch to trial, it won't be just the outrage of the humble citizens in town like Ballston Spa that we'll have to deal with. No, no - all the mighty weight of this sparkling society will come crashing down on our heads, too. For it's the essence of hypocrisy, isn't it, Doctor, that it requires masks to hide behind? And the masks of the idyllic home and the sanctity of motherhood are the first and most untouchable of all. Carr is looking at the female as serial
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