A man whose syphilis treatment has turned his teeth permanently silver.
A wealthy patron of boy prostitutes whose exposure would be politically disastrous.
A trained climber with psychic wounds.
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(Or watch it on television.
Okay, so this isnt a perfect analogy.)
In the world ofThe Alienist, Kreizler had a go at unraveling his psychology somewhere along the way.
Let the family handle it, the mayor says.
Needless to say, Roosevelt isnt about to do that.
On the other, Roosevelt charges uptown with a paddy wagon to arrest Van Bergen on suspicion of murder.
(Although for what its worth, Willem seems disinclined to go.)
But while Roosevelt didnt get his man, Kreizler is one step closer to catching his killer.
He knows the murderers victims are boys who remind him of himself.
He knows he stalks them at a Lower East Side church frequented by immigrants.
