The devil aspect : the strange truth behind the occurrences at Hrad Orlů Asylum for the criminally insane / Craig Russell.
Title:
The devil aspect : the strange truth behind the occurrences at Hrad Orlů Asylum for the criminally insane / Craig Russell.
ISBN:
9780385544368
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday, [2019]
Physical Description:
414 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
"A novel set in Czechoslovakia in 1935, in which a brilliant young psychiatrist takes his new post at an asylum for the criminally insane that houses only six inmates--the country's most depraved murderers--while, in Prague, a detective struggles to understand a brutal serial killer who has spread fear through the city, and who may have ties to the asylum"-- Provided by publisher.
Czechoslovakia, 1935. Viktor Kosárek, a young psychiatrist, takes his new post at Hrad Orlů Asylum. The mountain-top asylum for the criminally insane houses only six inmates-- the country's most depraved murderers. Meanwhile, in Prague, police investigator Lukáš Smolák struggles to understand a brutal serial killer known as "Leather Apron" who has spread fear through the city... and who may have ties to the asylum. -- adapted from jacket.
OCLC Number:
on1047576173
Availability:
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