Title: Skip it.
Product review: The Alienist was a terrific story - I bought several copies as gifts for friends. But the Angel of Darkness was annoying; too many extraneous characters just in the story to prove the author did his research. The major problem I had is that the "gang" was hired to find a kidnapped baby. Well, they get totally sidetracked, and go chasing all over the place, forgetting the thing they were supposed to do! Who cares if they leave this kid in dire peril, they've got to do research to get the kidnapper on bigger charges! Totally implausable ending, and generally way too many unnecessary details. Doesn't this guy have an editor??
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