When a madman begins stalking victims on the streets of 1896 New York, a team of investigators is forced to apply radical and untested techniques that include fingerprinting and the controversial science of psychology.

"The Alienist is a psychological thriller set in the Gilded Age of New York City in 1896 - a city of vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation. AS a serial killer haunts the city, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a criminal psychologist - also known as an alienist - partners with newspaper illustrator John Moore and young secretary Sara Howard to solve the case. Using the emerging disciplines of psychology and early forensic investigation techniques, this band of social outsiders tracks down one of New York City's first serial killers"--Container.