The imagery alone requires that I recommend this book for mature readers, probably ages 15 and up. If you don't have a strong stomach, you may want to skip a few scenes. Otherwise, this is one mystery you won't want to miss.

As the book's author, Caleb Carr, told The New York Times in 1994, “The Alienist” is all about how “violent behavior is perpetuated from one generation to the next” and with that in mind, the story “explores the causes of insanity and criminality, and ultimately the nature of evil.” The series stays true to such ideas, ...

The Alienist is a novel by Caleb Carr, a military historian, and follows a team conducting an investigation into a gruesome murder. Laszlo Kreizler is an alienist, or person who studies the mind, and he joins his journalist friend John Moore to try to find the murderer of a young boy.

Macabre & Bloody not for anyone under 18 Fabulous period costumes, stylish and I love the history but the characters are hard to like and the gore is shocking and disturbing. This is not for children or families. There are very disturbing scenes with dead babies and mutilated body parts.