A sensation even before it appeared in 1994, “The Alienist”—Caleb Carr’s macabre tale of serial killing in Gilded Age New York—is one of the several novels of the past few decades that have screamed ...

The Alienist, TNT’s limited series about the search for a serial killer, is set in 19th century New York. But Dakota Fanning, who plays police department employee Sara Howard, says women back then ...

There are a lot of things vying for your attention in TNT’s The Alienist. The filthily accurate recreation of 1896 New York City, the aggressively TV-MA treatment of dead bodies, the fact that those ...

Caleb Carr visits the grave of his beloved Masha, whom he considers the love of his life, every day. “We have a little chat,” said Carr, best known for his 1994 crime novel “The Alienist,” during a ...

Cary Joji Fukuaga’s period crime thriller The Alienist Season 1 is set in the New York City of 1896 and follows the investigation of serial killings of boy prostitutes. TNT Network released the show ...

My love for a crime thriller with a period setting should not be a surprise to anyone anymore. So when the adaptation of Caleb Carr’s 1994 bestseller The Alienist was announced, I was already sold.

Caleb Carr visits the grave of his beloved Masha, whom he considers the love of his life, every day. “We have a little chat,” said Carr, best known for his 1994 crime novel “The Alienist,” during a ...