The Angel of Darkness

Caleb Carr ist in der Lower East Side von Manhattan aufgewachsen und lebt heute in der Nähe von New York. Er studierte Geschichte an der New York Unviversity. Caleb Carr arbeitet als Journalist für verschiedene Zeitungen und das Fernsehen, er schreibt zunehmend auch für Film und Theater.

'Carr's follow-up to THE ALIENIST is just as good a read; a thrillingly macabre drive into the fetid depths of turn-of-the-century New York ... A triumph of research, it is also a triumph of imagination, express and feeling... brilliantly maintains a ferocious grip.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Quite enthralling ... a novel with plays with but never insults the intelligence.' THE TIMES 'The sureness of the historical sensibility elevates THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS above genre fiction.' TLS 'Carr brings enormous gusto to his portrait of old New York... the city seems to rise off the page.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Absorbing.' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'A great story.' RED 'Authentically exciting.' LITERARY REVIEW 'A lovely, lively book. Caleb Carr is certainly one to watch.' CARDIFF WESTERN MAIL 'Impressively researched, THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS offers a captivating sweep through the minds of crimimals and those who try to fight them.' TATLER 'An enthralling sequel.' KENT TODAY, KENT MESSENGER, KENTISH EXPRESS, FAVERSHAM NEWS, KENTISH GAZETTE, GRAVESEND MESSENGER, DOVER MERCURY, EAST END MERCURY 'It's a hugely enjoyable book, packed with ideas and thrills in equal measure.' MORNING STAR 'Drawing on the stories of contemporary female killers he produces a thought-provoking but darkly humorous read.' EASTERN DAILY PRESS 'The author's wonderfully confident re-creation of fin de siecle New York... is what lifts this satisfying period thriller of child murders and gangsters out of the ordinary.' INDEPENDENT

"As winning a historical thriller as The Alienist . . . The reader keeps right on turning the pages."-The New York Times

"A ripping yarn told with verve, intensity, and a feel for historical detail . . . Once again we are careening around the gaslighted New York that [Caleb] Carr knows, and depicts, so well."-The New York Times Book Review

"Gripping . . . Carr is at his strongest, exploring the dark underside of the human psyche and ferreting out the terrors and tragedies that drive men-and women-to kill. . . . In Libby Hatch, Carr has created a villain whose cunning is nearly equal to his detectives' crime-solving prowess. . . . The mystery is plotted with military precision."-USA Today

"[A] whopping thriller . . . Carr keeps us racing along with him to the very end."-The Washington Post Book World

"Fascinating . . . In a brilliant bit of historical casting, Clarence Darrow, a rising courtroom wizard from Chicago, turns up to defend the villain at a tense upstate New York murder trial."-Time

"Darkly compelling . . . vivid and enthralling."-Entertainment Weekly

"Suspenseful . . . Through the observations, discoveries, and confusions of his idiosyncratic detective squad, Carr deftly scrutinizes 'the secret sins of American society' and the perpetual proposition that the greatest mystery is the human mind."-Los Angeles Times

"[An] adept mixture of period detail and psychological sleuthing . . . Filled with enough outsized personalities and sensational events to keep the most jaded tabloid reader eagerly turning its pages."-The Wall Street Journal

"Here's New York circa 1897, city of unparalleled corruption and splendor, city of fine dining and seedy taverns. . . . Few writers are as adept [as Carr] at fashioning revelations that detonate, chapter by chapter, like carefully positioned explosions."-Chicago Tribune

"Penetrating . . . an entertainingly convincing read."-People

"Solidly scary . . . a terrific sequel . . . better and more