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After his 2003 arrest, the media dubbed former New Jersey and Pennsylvania nurse Charles Cullen the "Angel of Death," yet he was far more than a one‑dimensional monster. Graeber’s investigative work, based on secret police files, interviews, wire‑tap recordings, and jailhouse conversations, reveals a career of murders that spanned sixteen years and nine hospitals. The book follows the relentless work of two former Newark homicide detectives and a courageous nurse who risked her career to expose Cullen’s atrocities, painting a detailed portrait of a man whose promising career was eclipsed by a compulsion to kill. “The Good Nurse” offers a chilling look at how Cullen’s seemingly shy demeanor concealed a twisted interior life, and it exposes systemic failures within America’s medical system, urging readers to reconsider the safety and oversight of hospitals.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Charles Graeber
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