After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed 'The Angel of Death' by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favourite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history. Cullen's murderous career in the world's most trusted profession spanned sixteen years and nine hospitals across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Investigative journalist Charles Graeber's portrait of Cullen depicts a surprisingly intelligent and complicated young man whose promising career was overwhelmed by his compulsion to kill, and whose shy demeanor masked a twisted interior life hidden even to his family and friends. Were it not for the hardboiled, unrelenting work of two former Newark homicide detectives racing to put together the pieces of Cullen's professional past, and a fellow nurse willing to put everything at risk, including her job and the safety of her children, there's no telling how many more lives could have been lost. In the tradition of In Cold Blood, The Good Nurse does more than chronicle Cullen's deadly career and the breathless efforts to stop him; it paints an incredibly vivid portrait of madness and offers an urgent, terrifying tale of murder, friendship and betrayal.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Atlantic Books
ISBN-13
9781782393474
eBay Product ID (ePID)
188691366
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Good Nurse: a True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder
Author
Charles Graeber
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
True Crime
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
423g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Charles Graeber
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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