01959cam a2200277 4500 547208664 TxAuBib 20180416120000.0 970414s1997||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 97018569 9780679774464 0679774467 DLC DLC TxAuBib Carr, Caleb. The angel of darkness [large print] / Caleb Carr. Large print ed. New York : Random House, 1997. x, 948 p. (large print) ; 24 cm. Laszlo Kreizler and John Schuyler Moore series, ; 2 Caleb Carr brings back the vivid world of his best-selling "The Alienist" but with a twist: this story is told by the former street urchin Stevie Taggert, whose rough life has given him wisdom beyond his years. Thus New York City, and the groundbreaking alienist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler himself, are seen anew. t is June 1897. A year has passed since Dr. Kreizler, a pioneer in forensic psychiatry, tracked down the brutal serial killer John Beecham with the help of a team of trusted companions. Kreizler and his friends have returned to their former pursuits, but when the distraught wife of a Spanish diplomat begs for their aid, the group reunites to help find her kidnapped infant daughter. Their investigation leads them to a shocking suspect: a woman who appears to the world to be a heroic nurse and a loving mother, but who may in reality be a ruthless murderer of children. Once again, Caleb Carr proves his brilliant ability to re-create the past, both high life and low. Fast-paced and chiling, "The Angel of Darkness" is a tour de force, a novel of modern evil in old New York. 20180416. Large type books. Detective and mystery stories. Laszlo Kreizler and John Schuyler Moore series, ; 2. TXCKT