Yanji L. reviewed on 12/30/2005 + 11 more book reviews

Set in New York City in 1896 Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt is up against a killer who preys upon young male prostitues. Set against the backdrop of police corruption and disparities of rich and poor Roosevelt turns to a renowned "alienist" Dr. Laszlo Kreizler to help him "profile" the killer. The pyschological profiling of murderers is still in it's infancy and a note in the beginning of the book states that prior to the 20th century experts who studied mental pathologies were known as alienists.

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