{"product_id":"the-alienist-9780751574173","title":"The Alienist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003einternationally bestselling \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehistorical thriller, now a major Netflix series starring Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Brühl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome things never change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York City, 1896. Hypocrisy in high places is rife, police corruption commonplace, and a brutal killer is terrorising young male prostitutes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfortunately for Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, the psychological profiling of murderers is a practice still in its infancy, struggling to make headway against the prejudices of those who prefer the mentally ill - and the ''alienists'' who treat them - to be out of sight as well as out of mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as the body count rises, Roosevelt swallows his doubts and turns to the eminent alienist Dr Laszlo Kreizler to put a stop to the bloody murders - giving Kreizler a chance to take him further into the dark heart of criminality, and one step closer to death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An ingenious thriller''\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gripp\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736972734807,"sku":"9780751574173","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780751574173.jpg?v=1723810867","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-alienist-9780751574173","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}