The sooner they get into the head of the murderous monster, the more lives they save...
In this memoir, journalist John Moore brings to life a horrific criminal case, the dramatic investigation of which he took part in 1896 in New York. A handful of brave souls - including New York police chief Theodore Roosevelt, later President of the United States, and one of the first modern American psychiatrists, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler - follows the trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims among underage prostitutes and leaves behind their brutally mutilated bodies.
And as if it wasn't enough that they have to conduct their unofficial investigation in secret, away from the attention of the police and the media, apart from the killer himself, they are also opposed by a part of the New York royalty and the local underworld. On their side, however, are the latest technical inventions and advanced psychological and investigative methods such as dactyloscopy and graphology. Will they be able to stop the ruthless killer's rampage, or will they end up like their London counterparts with Jack the Ripper a few years earlier?
Carr's suspenseful detective thriller, which was the basis for the series of the same name, transports you to New York at the end of the 19th century.
