John Moore is the scion of one of the wealthy families of the upper echelons of the New York society, including Sara Howard's family. In order to prove to himself and his close friends that he is a better person, John quit drinking and visiting prostitutes but now has light tremors in his hand. His sensitive soul is clearly visible in his artistic flair and in the creativity with which he manages to capture details in his portraits.

When not drunk, John has proven to have a kind and caring soul, almost fragile in the face of the macabre and horror of a deviated mind, along with the uneasiness that comes with witnessing the squalid lives of the lower classes.

Laszlo Kreizler, John exploits vices to avoid facing his problems. The external beauty, however, hides a profound inner sadness that has afflicted John on a very intimate level, making John a slave to different vices – drinking and frequenting prostitutes regularly. His suits are often in shades of blue, matching his eyes and complexion. A member of the upper-middle class, John wears very elegant and refined clothes, accompanied by accessories such as hats, precious rings and tie-pins, silver pocket watch, and cufflinks. John Schuyler Moore is a handsome man in his mid to late thirties with an athletic built, broad shoulders, light blue eyes, black greying hair, and a fair complexion. Moore rejoins Howard and Kreizler in the hunt for this new serial killer using the access and resources the New York Times as well as the “pulpit” it provides him to draw attention to the case as well as the institutional corruption it reveals. John Moore has found sobriety and purpose in his new career as a news reporter for the New York Times, and he is engaged to Violet, the goddaughter of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. While seeming to lack drive and a meaning to his professional pursuits, Moore’s social skills and charm make him an ideal accomplice to the more cerebral doctor’s methods and style.' To distract Moore from salving his emotional wounds with alcohol and prostitutes, Kreizler involves him in his investigation of the brutal murders of child prostitutes.

Laszlo Kreizler and Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt. He is a society illustrator for the New York Times and a longtime friend and former Harvard classmate of the Alienist Dr. ' JOHN MOORE is 'handsome and indolent,' according to his friend Sara Howard, and prone to melancholy as a result of a broken engagement and the loss of his younger brother.

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