The story follows Roosevelt, then New York City police commissioner, and Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, as their investigative team attempts to solve gruesome murders through new methods including fingerp… After chasing a serial killer throughout the course of the season, John Moore (Luke Evans) and Sara Howard (Dakota … The Alienist is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series. Not all love stories have a happy ending, as 'The Alienist: Angel Of Darkness' proved. The Alienist "JOHN MOORE is "handsome and indolent," according to his friend Sara Howard, and prone to melancholy as a result of a broken engagement and the loss of his younger brother. Based on Caleb Carr’s 1997 sequel to The Alienist, Angel of Darkness takes place right before the Spanish-American war. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, including Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan. The Alienist is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series.It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, including Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan.The sequel to the novel is The Angel of Darkness. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE BOOK BEHIND SEASON TWO OF TNT’S THE ALIENIST • Dr. Laszlo Kreizler returns in a “whopping thriller” (The Washington Post) that showcases Caleb Carr “at his strongest” (USA Today). Books See all Books . 'The Alienist: Angel Of Darkness' Season 2: John and Sara have a passionate love scene, fans say 'finally' The tension between John and Sara explodes in the latest episode of 'The Alienist… When Ana Linares, the … Books. The Alienist finale: John confesses his love for Sara in exclusive clip ... a potentially game-changing conversation between John and Sara… *Sigh* excuse us, while we John-Sara fans shed a few tears. The sequel to the novel is The Angel of Darkness. Newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt joins with a brave, determined police woman, Sara Howard and a reserved intellect alienist (19th word for psychologist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a Freud- Holmeish character and crime reporter John Schuyler Moore, … June 1897. In The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, Sara has opened her own private detective agency and is leading the charge on a brand-new case.