The Alienist is a novel by Caleb Carr published in 1994 that was a huge bestseller. The eponymous hero of the novel is Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist (or "alienist") who puts together a profile of a serial killer who is actively killing prostitutes in New York in 1896. Kreizler investigates the crime with the help of reporter John Schuyler Moore, Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, policewoman Sara Howard and ("Baker Street Irregular") Stevie ‘Stovepipe’ Taggart.
"The Alienist" Mini-series
An eight-part mini-series is being developed based on "The Alienist". Cary Fukunaga ("True Detective") is developing the series with screenwriter Hossein Amini ("Snow White And The Huntsman"), Eric Roth ("House of Cards") is as executive producer, as well as Caleb Carr. The series will be broadcast on US channel TNT, who are paying $5 million-per-episode.
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"Surrender, New York"
Caleb Carrr has authored a new book, Surrender, New York, which is set in contemporary times but set in the Kreizlervserse, featuring Dr. Trajan Jones, a criminal psychologist - and the world’s leading expert on the life and work of one Dr. Laszlo Kreizler - in whose brilliant but unconventional footsteps he follows. It will be released on August 23, 2016.
The plot is described as follows:
"In the small town of Surrender in upstate New York, Trajan Jones, a psychological profiler, and Dr. Michael Li, a trace evidence expert, teach online courses in profiling and forensic science from Jones’s family farm. Once famed advisors to the New York City Police Department, Trajan and Li now work in exile, having made enemies of those in power. Protected only by farmhands and Jones’s unusual “pet,” the outcast pair is unexpectedly called in to consult on a disturbing case. In rural Burgoyne County, a pattern of strange deaths has emerged: adolescent boys and girls are found murdered in gruesome fashion. Senior law enforcement officials are quick to blame a serial killer, yet their efforts to apprehend this criminal are peculiarly ineffective."
Two New "Alienist" Novels
Caleb Carrr will author two new books, one that will be a sequel, and one a prequel, to "The Alienist". The first will be a sequel, set 20 years after The Angel of Darkness, in 1915 New York City, and is “centered on nativist violence and terrorism during America’s involvement in World War I. The second book, the prequel will be called "The Strange Case of Miss Sarah X", and will see a youthful Kreizler, after finishing his psychology training at Harvard, fall under the spell of William James, have his first run-in with Roosevelt, and delve into the secret life of Sara Howard.
Books in the Kreizlerverse
1870s "The Strange Case of Miss Sarah X" (forthcoming)
1896 "The Alienist" (1994)
1897 "The Angel of Darkness" (1997)
1915 Alienist Sequel (forthcoming)
1919 Opening scenes "The Angel of Darkness" (1997)
2016 "Summer, New York" (2016)
