{"product_id":"2940170596751","title":"The Alienist (Abridged)","description":"\u003cbig\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A new breed of evil in Old New York \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/big\u003e \u003cbr\u003e New York, 1986: Lower Manhattan's underworld is ruled by a new generation of cold-blooded criminals...Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt battles widespread corruption within the department's ranks...and a shockingly brutal murder sets off an investigation that could change crime-fighting forever. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the middle of a wintry March night, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter John Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a brilliant pioneer in the new and much-maligned discipline of psychology, the emerging study of society's \"alienated\" mentally ill. There they view the horribly mutilated body of a young boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels. Supervised by Commissioner Roosevelt, the newsman and his \"alienist\" mentor embark on a revolutionary attempt to identify the killer by assembling his psychological profile -- a dangerous quest that takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before...and will kill again before the hunt is over. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As rich in vivid period ambience as \u003ci\u003eRagtime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime and Again\u003c\/i\u003e, and as relentlessly suspenseful as \u003ci\u003eRed Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e will take you to a New York that no longer exists -- to confront an evil of timeless savagery.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102428610800,"sku":"2940170596751","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170596751_p0.jpg?v=1763713831","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170596751","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}