The Alienist: Part Two

The rest of the book was quite gory and slightly interesting. After starting the investigation for the serial killer several other young boys had become victims. They had all been killed in the same brutal way as Giorgio. This led to further investigation to find out who was doing this to young boys and why. The search team started having meetings at Kreizler's apartment to figure out how they would capture this killer. They had figured out that it had to have been a man doing all of this because of the intensity of the crimes.

After researching previous killers they come across a man named John Beecham who fit the killer's profile perfectly. Sara and John, two people working on the investigation decide to look for Beecham in the United States Bureau of Census records and learn that he as worked as an enumerator. They then find one of his past addresses and go to visit the area. They discover that Beecham's old room still remains untouched and discover a mutilated and dead cat in his bedroom. This let them know that they were on the right track. That night the team thinks that Beecham must now work as either a bill collector or a process server and think of a list of organizations where her might be working.

Later in the week, Sara finds a clue and learns that Beecham has been working as a debt collector. The address that the firm provides is recent and everyone makes their way to investigate. When they arrive they realize that the place has been vacant for a few days but Beecham left behind some clues to where he might commit his next murder. He left a jar of eye balls from his victims, a map of the water system in New York, and a box containing the remains of a human heart. When John and Sara return to the headquarters they find a large sack outside the door with the murdered body of John's friend inside of it.

They take the clues they they found in Beecham's room and traced him to one spot and killed him. They performed an autopsy on Beecham but they find no physical brain degeneration and this helps to confirm Kreizler's theory of context. The book ends with them having dinner at Delmonico's.