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Title: The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr ISBN: 0-345-42763-7 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.85 (273 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Horray for Sara Howard!
Comment: I just finished reading this book and what a pleasure it was. First off, Mr. Carr's use of an alternative narrator, Stevie Taggart, was brilliant, in a word. It give the book so much more texture to see now familiar characters through the eyes of this servant "boy". How rich and fullfilling.
As noted in my review of the Alienist, Sara Howard is one of my favaorite literary chararcters, and in this book she really steps into her own. I also appreciated seeing Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as Clarance Darrow. Carr's enlivened pen brings these murky, historical characters into full breathing life. No mean feat!
Finally, as a true crime hound with a particular interest in serial and female killers, this book goes right to the heart of these crimes and endeavors to answer some fairly unanswerable questions.
Thought provoking and funny, with enough action to keep you reading, this is more than a worthy sequel to the Alienist.
PS: For Mr. Carr, if he's reading, how about another one with Sara Howard as narrator?!!
Rating: 4
Summary: Kreiszler and his Bunch Search for a Serial Killer
Comment: After reading the Alienist I had to jump right back into the world of turn of the century New York detectives, so I picked up the book's sequel, The Angel of Darkness. The book was an admirable sequel: it picked up where the other left off, it was narrated by a different voice (Stevie Taggart instead of John Moore) and so had a different perspective, and the sinister character was a devious female serial killer rather than an exhibitionist male killer. The Kreiszler bunch get involved in the case at the request of the wife of the Spanish Ambassador's wife, whose daughter Ana was kidnapped outside the Metropolitan Museum. Days later, Mrs. Ambassador catches a climpse of Ana on the train in the arms of a hatchet-faced woman. With Kreiszler on leave from his institute for children thanks to an investigation into his handling of a difficult child, all of the characters from the Alienist reunite to locate the baby and to find out more about what would drive a woman to kill. The novel provides fascinating insights into 19th century culture, prejudices, and urban life. I found the novel riveting, although I must admit that I skimmed through some of the incredibly lengthy accounts of research and detective procedure (such as the ballistic report), and agree with one of the previous reviewers who felt that Carr might do better to focus on people (now that the series is launched) rather than delve so deeply into procedures. The ending was satisfying, the characters delightful, and the mystery itself was intricate and thorny. I highly recommend this book to fans of historical mysteries.
Rating: 5
Summary: Now you're reading!
Comment: A much better book than the first (The Alienist), this sequel is well worth checking out! Narrated by Stevie Taggart, Dr. Kreizler's servant and now on his own, owner of a tobacco shop, this story details the kidnap of the daughter of a Spanish diplomat, just as the diplomatic efforts between the U.S. and Spain are imploding, leading to the Spanish-American War.
The major characters are fully-blown here, oddly human and very real - each has his or her own limitations which are very well
explored in the novel. The minor characters could use a little more fleshing out - but the murderer is very well explored and there is a great deal more plot to this book than the previous one.
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Title: The Alienist by Caleb Carr ISBN: 0553572997 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Killing Time by Caleb Carr ISBN: 044661095X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Devil Soldier : The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China by Caleb Carr ISBN: 0679761284 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 11 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians by Caleb Carr ISBN: 0375760741 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The List of 7 by Mark Frost ISBN: 0380720191 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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