Kreizler series

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Kreizler series
Author Caleb Carr
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre
Publisher Random House
Published1994–present
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
No. of books4

The Kreizler series is a series of historical mystery novels written by Caleb Carr, and published by Random House.

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Description

The series' main character is the psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, who is assisted in his adventures by reporter John Schuyler Moore, policewoman Sara Howard and Stevie 'Stevepipe' Taggart. He is a child psychologist who is an early criminal profiler who tracks down serial killers. He works with Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt and encounters many other real-life people in the novels.

The Alienist and its sequel The Angel of Darkness are set at the end of the 19th century. The next book in the series Surrender, New York is set in 2016, but the main protagonist, Dr. Trajan Jones, is also a criminal psychologist, and is the world's leading expert on the life and work of Dr. Laszlo Kreizler. [1]

Novels

Completed Novels

TitlePublisherDateISBN
The Alienist Random House March 1994 0-679-41779-6
The Angel of Darkness September 1997 0-679-43532-8
Surrender, New YorkAugust 26, 2016 978-0-679-45569-1

Planned books

TitlePublisherISBN
The Alienist at ArmageddonMulholland Books 978-0-316-50358-7
The Strange Case of Miss Sarah X  [2] Hodder & Stoughton 978-1-4736-6104-2

On April 11, 2016, Entertainment Weekly announced that Caleb Carr would write two new books, a sequel and a prequel to The Alienist. The sequel was to be set 18 years after The Angel of Darkness, in 1915 New York City, and was to be “centered on nativist violence and terrorism during America’s involvement in World War I". The second book, a prequel, was to be called The Strange Case of Miss Sarah X, and would have seen a youthful Kreizler, after finishing his psychology training at Harvard, fall under the spell of William James, have his first run-in with Roosevelt, and delve into the secret life of Sara Howard. [2] The Alienist at Armageddon was scheduled for publication by Little, Brown and Co. imprint Mulholland Books, but as of September 9, 2019 the book's webpage at Mulholland is unavailable. [3]

In other media

Television

In April 2015, Deadline reported that Paramount Television had decided to use a three-year, first-look production deal they made with Anonymous Content productions to adapt The Alienist as an event TV series. [4] Paramount also announced that Oscar-winning Forrest Gump screenwriter Eric Roth had come on board the project as executive producer, as did Hossein Amini as both writer for the series and executive producer. It was also announced that the season 1 True Detective director Cary Fukunaga would be brought on board to direct all the episodes and act as an executive producer.

In May 2015, Variety reported that TNT had made a deal to produce the series at $5 million per episode. [5] In July 2015, writer/director John Sayles announced on his blog that he was joining the team as writer for the TV series. [6] On July 21, 2015, Caleb Carr made an announcement that he was coming on board the series as a consulting producer. [7] The ten-episode series premiered on TNT on January 22, 2018.

On August 16, 2018, TNT ordered a sequel series based upon the follow-up novel The Angel of Darkness . [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Surrender, New York". Penguin Random House . Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Biedenharn, Isabella (April 11, 2016). "Alienist Author Caleb Carr Returns to Series". Entertainment Weekly . Time Inc. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Alienist at Armageddon". Mulholland Books . Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Jaafar, Ali (April 14, 2015). "Cary Fukunaga Behind Event TV Series 'The Alienist' Reteaming with Anonymous Content & Paramount". Deadline Hollywood . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ Littleton, Cynthia (May 13, 2015). "'The Alienist' Lands Big Bucks Series Order from TNT". Variety . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ "John Joins All-Star Writing/Producing Team for Series Based on 'The Alienist'". John Sayles Blog. July 22, 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (July 21, 2015). "'The Alienist' Author Caleb Carr Boards TNT Series as Consulting Producer (Exclusive)". Variety . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ Dave Nemetz (August 16, 2018). "The Alienist Sequel Angel of Darkness Ordered at TNT, Lead Cast to Return". TVLine . Retrieved August 16, 2018.
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