The Alienist

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER • NOW A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES •  “A first-rate tale of crime and punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages.”— Entertainment Weekly “Caleb Carr’s rich period thriller takes us back to the moment in history when the modern idea of the serial killer became available to us.”— The Detroit News When The Alienist was first published in 1994, it was a major phenomenon, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list, receiving critical