{"product_id":"book-ahze","title":"The Alienist","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new breed of evil in Old New York \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNew York, 1886: Lower Manhattan's underworld is ruled by a new generation of cold-blooded criminals...Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt battles widespread corruption within the department's ranks...and a shockingly brutal murder sets off an investigation that could change crime-fighting forever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the middle of a wintry March night, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter John Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a brilliant pioneer in the new and much-maligned discipline of psychology, the emerging study of society's \"alienated\" mentally ill. There they view the horribly mutilated body of a young boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels. Supervised by Commissioner Roosevelt, the newsman and his \"alienist\" mentor embark on a revolutionary attempt to identify the killer by assembling his psychological profile -- a dangerous quest that takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before...and will kill again before the hunt is over. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs rich in vivid period ambience as \u003ci\u003eRagtime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime and Again\u003c\/i\u003e, and as relentlessly suspenseful as \u003ci\u003eRed Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e will take you to a New York that no longer exists -- to confront an evil of timeless savagery.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50147492364592,"sku":"BDahze","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ahze-cover.jpg?v=1758141508","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ahze","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}