Surrender, New York : a novel / Caleb Carr.
In rural, impoverished Burgoyne County, New York, a pattern of strange deaths begins to emerge: adolescent boys and girls are found murdered, their corpses left hanging in gruesome, ritualistic fashion. Senior law enforcement officials are quick to blame a serial killer, yet their efforts to apprehend this criminal are peculiarly ineffective.Meanwhile, in the county's small town of Surrender, Trajan Jones, a psychological profiler (and the world's leading expert on the life and work of one Dr. Laszlo Kreizler), and Michael Li, a trace evidence expert, once famed advisors to the New York City Police Department, teach online courses in profiling and forensic science from Jones's family farm. Alone and armed mainly with their wits, protected only by farmhands and Jones' unusual "pet," the outcast pair are secretly called in to consult on the case.Jones and Li immediately discern that the various victims were all "throwaway children," a new state classification given to young people who are neither orphans, runaways nor homeless, but victims of a terrible phenomenon sweeping America's poor: abandoned by their families, the throwaways are left to fend for themselves. One of these throwaways, Lucas Kurtz, along with his blind older sister, cross paths with Jones and Li, offering information that could blow the case wide open.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780679455691 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0679455698
- Physical Description: 598 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Random House, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
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Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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- Baker & Taylor
Living in exile on an upstate New York dairy farm after his unceremonious termination from the NYPD, criminal psychologist Trajan Jones is called back to duty as a consultant for the suspicious death of several abandoned kids who nobody seems to miss. - Baker & Taylor
"Many dedicated years working for the NYPD didn't mean much when criminal psychologist Trajan Jones was fired from the force. Now living in exile on a dairy farm in upstate New York, Trajan is reduced to teaching an online course in criminal investigation, along with his partner Mike Li, an expert in DNA evidence. But Trajan is called back to duty when a friend in county law enforcement consults him on the suspicious death of several local kids. They're called "throwaways" because their parents have abandoned them, and the official response to their deaths seems equally callous. Trajan and Mike, armed only with their instincts and the help of a precocious neighborhood boy, fight for justice on behalf of the victims, but it soon puts them in a merciless killer's crosshairs"-- - Baker & Taylor
Living in exile on an upstate New York dairy farm after his unceremonious termination from the NYPD, a once-dedicated criminal psychologist is called back to duty as a consultant for the suspicious death of several abandoned kids who nobody seems to miss. By the award-winning author of The Alienist. - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢Â âImaginative and fulfilling . . . an addictive contemporary crime procedural.ââMichael Connelly, The New York Times Book Review (Editorsâ Choice)
Caleb Carr, the author of The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness, returns with a contemporary, edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring the brilliant but unconventional criminal psychologist Dr. Trajan Jones.
In the small town of Surrender in upstate New York, Dr. Jones, a psychological profiler, and Dr. Michael Li, a trace evidence expert, teach online courses in profiling and forensic science from Jonesâs family farm. Once famed advisors to the New York City Police Department, Trajan and Li now work in exile, having made enemies of those in power. Protected only by farmhands and Jonesâs unusual âpet,â the outcast pair is unexpectedly called in to consult on a disturbing case.
In rural Burgoyne County, a pattern of strange deaths has emerged: adolescent boys and girls are found murdered in gruesome fashion. Senior law enforcement officials are quick to blame a serial killer, yet their efforts to apprehend this criminal are peculiarly ineffective.
Jones and Li soon discover that the victims are all âthrowaway children,â a new state classification of young people who are neither orphans, runaways, nor homeless, but who are abandoned by their families and left to fend for themselves. Two of these throwaways, Lucas Kurtz and his older sister, Ambyr, cross paths with Jones and Li, offering information that could blow the case wide open.
As the stakes grow higher, Jones and Li must not only unravel the mystery of how the throwaways died but also defend themselves and the Kurtz siblings against shadowy agents who donât want the truth to get out. Jones believes the real story leads back to the city where both he and Dr. Kreizler did their greatest work. But will Jones and Li be able to trace the case to New York before they fall victim to the murderous forces that stalk them?
Tautly paced and richly researched, Surrender, New York brings to life the grim underbelly of a prosperous nationâand those most vulnerable to its failings. This brilliant novel marks another milestone in Caleb Carrâs triumphant literary suspense career.
Praise for Surrender, New York
â[A] page-turning thriller . . . For maximum enjoyment: surrender, reader.ââThe Wall Street Journal
âEvery word of fiction Carr has produced seems to have been written in either direct or indirect conversation with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. . . .  [Surrender, New York] allows Carr to deploy his indisputable gift for the gothic and the macabre, and the pursuit is suspenseful and believable.ââUSA Today
â[A] long-awaited return.ââO: The Oprah Magazine
â[A] superb mystery . . . [that moves] at a swift and often terrifying pace. As in The Alienist, Carr triumphs at every twist and turn.ââProvidence Journal
âEdgar Allan Poe would have understood this book and hailed it a masterpiece. . . . A terrific story with a great setting and a very modern social message.ââThe Globe and Mail
â[An] engrossing mystery.ââLibrary Journal
âA compulsive read . . . Carr once again delivers a high-stakes thriller featuring a new band of clever, determined outcasts.ââBooklist (starred review)
âCarrâs many fans will find this well worth the wait.ââKirkus Reviews