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.įast-paced and chilling, The Angel Of Darkness is another tour de force from Caleb Carr, a novel of modern evil in old New York. It is a case fraught with danger, since Spain and the United States are on the verge of war. Kreizler and his friends - high-living crime reporter 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.īut when the distraught wife of a Spanish diplomat begs Sara's aid, the team reunites to help her find her kidnapped infant daughter. 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. Thus New York City, and the groundbreaking alienist Dr. The Angel of Darkness Carr, Caleb Published byRandom House Inc, 1997 ISBN 10: 0679435328ISBN 13: 9780679435327 Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom Contact seller Seller Rating: Book Used - HardcoverCondition: Good £ 1.54 Convert currency £ 2.

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.

The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr