Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

The angel of darkness /

Carr, Caleb, 1955-

The angel of darkness / - 1st trade ed. - New York : Random House, c1997. - 629 p. ; 24 cm.

Maps of Mid-Manhattan and Lower Manhattan in 1897 on endpapers.

A Spanish diplomat's wife has her baby snatched in 1890s New York and the case is given to psychiatrist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and his young assistant who narrates the tale. The probe leads them to a nurse turned serial killer of children, including her own. By the author of The Alienist.

0679435328 (acidfree paper) 9780679435327 (acidfree paper)

97025063


Private investigators--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Serial murders--Fiction.
Psychologists--Fiction.
Criminal psychology--Fiction.


New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.


Detective and mystery stories.
Historical fiction.

PS3553.A76277 / A85 1997b

813/.54