The Angel of Darkness
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| Author | Caleb Carr |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Random House Inc |
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Publication date
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September 1997 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 629 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-679-43532-8 |
| OCLC | 37107187 |
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| LC Class | PS3553.A76277 A85 1997b |
| Preceded by | The Alienist (1994)' |
The Angel of Darkness is a 1997 crime novel by Caleb Carr[1] that was published by Random House (ISBN 0-7515-2275-9) and is a sequel to The Alienist (1994).[2]
Plot summary
The now-adult Stevie Taggert, a tobacconist, makes a bet with an elderly John Moore that he can write the story of one of their adventures together as well as Moore (a former newspaper reporter) could.
Set in 1897, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler's associate, Sara Howard, now a private detective, comes to him for help in locating Ana Linares, the kidnapped infant daughter of a visiting Spanish dignitary. The mystery is complicated by rising tensions between Spain and the United States, and war in Cuba seems inevitable. Kreizler re-convenes his old "team": Sara, John, NYPD detectives and forensic specialists Marcus and Lucius Isaacson, and Kreizler's faithful servants, Stevie and Cyrus. Their search for the missing child leads them to contact with an enigmatic woman with a murderous past, who enjoys the protection of the Hudson Dusters, a notorious gang.
Their investigations force the team to ask, within the context of their era, a complex ethical question: could the act of a woman murdering her own child be seen as her trying to gain control over her life and her world?
Historical figures in the novel
- Cecilia Beaux
- Clarence Darrow
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Albert Pinkham Ryder
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Cornelius Vanderbilt II
- William Alanson White
See also
References
External links
- 17thstreet.net – comprehensive site dedicated to The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness
