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The devil aspect : the strange truth behind the occurrences at Hrad OrluÌ Asylum for the Criminally Insane : a novel / Craig Russell.
Van Pelt Library PR6118.U85 D48 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, Craig, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murderers--Fiction.
- Murderers.
- Psychiatric hospitals--Fiction.
- Psychiatric hospitals.
- Psychiatrists--Fiction.
- Psychiatrists.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Serial murderers--Fiction.
- Serial murderers.
- Serial murder investigation--Fiction.
- Serial murder investigation.
- FICTION / Thrillers / Historical.
- FICTION / Historical / World War II.
- Local Subjects:
- FICTION / Thrillers / Historical.
- FICTION / Historical / World War II.
- Genre:
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 414 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, [2019]
- 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
- Czechoslovakia, 1935. Viktor KosaÌrek, a young psychiatrist, takes his new post at Hrad OrluÌ Asylum. The mountain-top asylum for the criminally insane houses only six inmates-- the country's most depraved murderers. Meanwhile, in Prague, police investigator LukaÌsÌ SmolaÌk 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
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the David Milne Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Russell, Craig, 1956- Devil aspect.
- ISBN:
- 9780385544368
- 0385544367
- OCLC:
- 1047576173
- Publisher Number:
- 99980832766
- 9780385544368
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