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Alienist: a psychiatrist who assesses the competence of a defendant in a court of law.
The book is not actually based on real events but does feature some real life historical figures.
The core characters are all fictitious except for the New York City police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt.
Real life New York detective Thomas Byrnes, who popularised the term "Rogues' Gallery", also appears in the series.
In the book other historical figures, including the financier J.P. Morgan also appear.
However t ...more
The book is not actually based on real events but does feature some real life historical figures.
The core characters are all fictitious except for the New York City police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt.
Real life New York detective Thomas Byrnes, who popularised the term "Rogues' Gallery", also appears in the series.
In the book other historical figures, including the financier J.P. Morgan also appear.
However t ...more
Mar 31, 2023
˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
group-read-mystery,
historical-crime
I admit I had to look up what Alienist means – former term for a psychiatrist – likely originated from the French word aliene, meaning “insane” thus the noun alieniste or alienist in English referred to someone who treated the “insane.”
It is 1896 in New York City, newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, who is an “alienist”, to come see a mutilated body of a boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge.
Schuyler and Kriezlier are then enliste ...more
It is 1896 in New York City, newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, who is an “alienist”, to come see a mutilated body of a boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge.
Schuyler and Kriezlier are then enliste ...more
Apr 12, 2018
Flo
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
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4-star,
mystery-thriller
Normally, I’m not a huge fan of historical fiction, but I loved the atmosphere this book was set in. The author put so many details about turn of the century NYC that you couldn’t help but see it all clearly in your mind, even if you had no idea what this era was like before reading this book. Setting this murder against the backdrop of 1890s NYC gave it something to make it stand out from all the other murder mysteries out there.
I also really liked the mix of real and fictional characters. Hav ...more
I also really liked the mix of real and fictional characters. Hav ...more
A psychological thriller with many references to factual events and people. We were disappointed in his treatment of the female character, though.
Apr 30, 2024
Navah
marked it as to-read
Jan 22, 2018
Theresa
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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historicals-mystery-and-romance
Nov 13, 2017
Lory Sakay
marked it as to-read
Dec 03, 2015
Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Jenn Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Schu
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
mysteries-of-all-kinds,
historical-fiction
