Books like Good Nurse by Charles Graeber

In 1893 Chicago, Erik Larson weaves the story of visionary architect Daniel Burnham and the cunning serial killer H.H. Holmes, whose crimes unfolded against the backdrop of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks follows the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black tobacco farmer whose cancer cells were taken in 1951 without her consent and later became the first immortal human cell line, HeLa, driving major scientific breakthroughs while raising questions of ethics, race, and medical exploitation.

The House of God exposes the harsh realities of medical training, illustrating a strict hierarchy in hospitals and the pressures faced by residents, interns, physicians, and nurses.

The Ice Man chronicles the life of Richard ‘The Iceman’ Kuklinski, a New Jersey family man who was also a prolific mob assassin whose career spanned thirty years and continents, and who claimed to have killed over two hundred men.

Tracy Kidder tells the inspiring true story of Deo, a Burundian refugee who survives genocide, arrives in New York with limited resources, and, through perseverance and the support of strangers, earns a medical degree and a life of healing.

Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli race against time to stop a vengeful killer threatening their quiet Montana town.

Change to her beloved little mountain town. Change in the way she and her doctor mother conducted their small clinic for the people of the hills. Change in her fiancé, till now the most dependable thing in Nurse Juliet's life. And most frightening of all - change in her heart. How could she hate a man - hate everything he did - and still dream of him all the time?

Tim Cahill's *Buried Dreams* brings to life the brutal crimes of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Jr., revealing the complex personality behind his twisted atrocities.

Former Italian police marshal Guarnaccia is thrust into a grisly hunt for a serial killer, working under relentless detective Simonetti in the historic streets of Florence.

A forensic biography of Dr. H. H. Holmes, the infamous Chicago serial killer whose deadly Castle hid twenty-seven murders.

Former registered nurse Charles Cullen, once called "The Angel of Death," may have killed up to 300 patients over 16 years. Journalist Charles Graeber uncovers the investigation, evidence, and the shockingly ordinary life behind the crimes.

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Stephen G. Michaud’s biography of serial killer Ted Bundy tells the story of his early life, murders, and post‑execution interviews, drawing on extensive interview footage and legal documents.

An investigative biography of Dr. Michael Swango, a physician alleged to be America's most prolific serial killer, following his career from Ohio to Zimbabwe and exposing systemic failures in the U.S. medical establishment.

Following a disastrous marriage to a miner, Karen has devoted herself to a nursing career. Rising to the challenge of caring for the wounded soldiers returning home from the Great War, she has resigned herself to putting her vocation before any hope of romance. However, she finds herself drawn to handsome, troubled Patrick Murphy. But Patrick is also a Catholic priest. Dare Karen risk scandal and her position by falling for the one man she cannot have?

"An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious--and still at large--serial killers in America. Soon after his birth mother contacted him for the first time at the age of thirty-nine, adoptee Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father. It was a quest that would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world. Written with award-winning author and journalist Susan D. Mustafa, The Most Dangerous Animal of All tells the story of Stewart's decade-long search for his father following a complex trail of startling twists and connections. Combing through government records and news reports and through conversations with his father's relatives and friends, Stewart turns up a host of clues, including forensic evidence, identifying his father as one of the most infamous and still-wanted serial killers in American history"--Publisher description. In this gripping narrative, an award-winning author and journalist tells the story of a 39-year-old adoptee who discovered that his birth father is one of the most infamous and still-wanted serial killers in American history, forcing him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world.