Caleb Carr

El thriller en que se basa la serie de TV The Alienist. Nueva York, 1896. John Schuyler Moore, reportero de sucesos de The New York Times, recibe en plena madrugada la llamada de su antiguo compañero de Harvard, el famoso alienista (como se conocia entonces a los psicologos) Laszlo Kreizler, quien le cita en el puente de Williamsburg, escenario de un horrible asesinato. Theodore Roosevelt, jefe de policia de la ciudad, solicita la colaboracion de ambos amigos para indagar el crimen, una atrevida iniciativa, pues el alienista es visto con desconfianza por una sociedad conservadora, que considera que un asesino nace y no se hace. A ellos se une Sara Howard, primera mujer que trabaja en la comisaria, y los hermanos Isaacson, pioneros en las nuevas tecnicas de investigacion. Mientras que el grupo intenta trazar el perfil psicologico de un asesino del que lo ignora todo, este parece conocerlos perfectamente...Los blogueros opinan..."Estupenda novela sobre los papeles iniciales de los psicologos, psiquiatras y especialistas en enfermedades mentales en el campo de la investigacion criminal."Blog Critica de Libros "Novela policiaca de la buena, de la que engancha, de la que entretiene... de

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In the small town of Surrender in upstate New York, Dr. 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.Jones and Li soon discover that the victims are all -throwaway children, - a new state classification of young people who are neither orphans, runaways, nor homeless, but who are abandoned by their families and left to fend for themselves. Two of these throwaways, Lucas Kurtz and his older sister, Ambyr, cross paths with Jones and Li, offering information that could blow the case wide open.As the stakes grow higher, Jones and Li must not only unravel the mystery of how the throwaways died but also defend themselves and the Kurtz siblings against shadowy agents who don't want the truth to get out. Jones believes the real story leads back to the city where both he and Dr. Kreizler did their greatest work. But will Jones and Li be able to trace the case to New York before they fall victim to the murderous forces that stalk them?Tautly paced and richly researched, Surrender, New York brings to life the grim underbelly of a prosperous nation--and those most vulnerable to its failings. This brilliant novel marks another milestone in Caleb Carr's triumphant literary suspense career.

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Caleb Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness, returns with a contemporary, edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring the brilliant but unconventional criminal psychologist Dr. Trajan Jones.In the small town of Surrender in upstate New York, Dr. Jones, a psychological profiler, and Dr. Michael Li, a trace evidence expert, teach online courses in profiling and forensic science from Joness 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 Joness 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.Jones and Li soon discover that the victims are all throwaway children, a new state classification of young people who are neither orphans, runaways, nor homeless, but who are abandoned by their families and left to fend for themselves. Two of these throwaways, Lucas Kurtz and his older sister, Ambyr, cross paths with Jones and Li, offering information that could blow the case wide open.As the stakes grow higher, Jones and Li must not only unravel the mystery of how the throwaways died but also defend themselves and the Kurtz siblings against shadowy agents who dont want the truth to get out. Jones believes the real story leads back to the city where both he and Dr. Kreizler did their greatest work. But will Jones and Li be able to trace the case to New York before they fall victim to the murderous forces that stalk them?Tautly paced and richly researched, Surrender, New York brings to life the grim underbelly of a prosperous nationand those most vulnerable to its failings. This brilliant novel marks another milestone in Caleb Carrs triumphant literary suspense career.

The year is 2023, five years after the assassination of President Emily Forrester, and Dr. Gideon Wolfe is a criminologist and professor in New York City. He is visited by the widow of a murdered man who wants Gideon to track down her husband's killers. She provides him with a computer disk containing a video of the president's assassination--a video that proves that the official version of the event has been doctored, perhaps by her husband, who was a special-effects genius. This work of "future history" is by the author the the best selling novel THE ALIENIST.

In one of the most critically acclaimed novels of the year, Caleb Carr-- bestselling author of The Alienist--pits Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and his colleagues against a murderer as evil as the darkest nigh

Nueva York, 1896. John Schuyler Moore, reportero de sucesos del New York Times, recibe en plena madrugada la llamada de su antiguo compañero de estudios en Harward, el famoso psicólogo (o alienista) Laszlo Kreizler. Este le cita en el puente de Williamsburg, donde se ha cometido un crimen horrible. Ambos amigos deberan colaborar con la policia y trazar, utilizando cada uno sus habilidades, el perfil psicologico del asesino.