{"product_id":"surrender-new-york","title":"Surrender, New York","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \"Imaginative and fulfilling . . . an addictive contemporary crime procedural.\"--Michael Connelly, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCaleb Carr, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Angel of Darkness, \u003c\/i\u003ereturns with a contemporary, edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring the brilliant but unconventional criminal psychologist Dr. Trajan Jones.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 Jones's 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 Jones's unusual \"pet,\" the outcast pair is unexpectedly called in to consult on a disturbing case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJones and Li soon discover that the victims are all \"throwaway children,\" 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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 don't 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTautly paced and richly researched, \u003ci\u003eSurrender, New York \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life the grim underbelly of a prosperous nation--and those most vulnerable to its failings. This brilliant novel marks another milestone in Caleb Carr's triumphant literary suspense career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSurrender, New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] page-turning thriller . . . For maximum enjoyment: surrender, reader.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Every word of fiction Carr has produced seems to have been written in either direct or indirect conversation with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. . . . [\u003ci\u003eSurrender, New York\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eallows Carr to deploy his indisputable gift for the gothic and the macabre, and the pursuit is suspenseful and believable.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] long-awaited return.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"[A] superb mystery . . . [that moves] at a swift and often terrifying pace. As in \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist, \u003c\/i\u003e Carr triumphs at every twist and turn.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Edgar 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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[An] engrossing mystery.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A compulsive read . . . Carr once again delivers a high-stakes thriller featuring a new band of clever, determined outcasts.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Carr's many fans will find this well worth the wait.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942278136039,"sku":"9780399591556","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_0d577c56-e859-45eb-bc42-f4156a829d09.jpg?v=1775249598","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/surrender-new-york","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}