The Good Nurse - Charles Graeber

The Good Nurse

By Charles Graeber

  • Release Date: 2013-04-15
  • Genre: True Crime
Score: 4
4
From 469 Ratings

Description

The mesmerizing basis of the movie starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain⁠—a “stunning book...that should and does bring to mind In Cold Blood”—takes you inside the mind of America's most prolific serial killer, whose 16-year long "nursing" career left as many as 400 dead. (New York Times)    
 
Edgar Award Nomination, Mystery Writers of America
 
BBC (Top Ten Books of the Year)
 
“The best books I read this year” (top ten books, EW)
—Stephen King
 
“The Best Journalism of the Year.".
—The Daily Beast
 
“The most terrifying book published this year. It is also one of the most thoughtful...call it literary true crime...”
—Kirkus Reviews ("Best Books of the year")
 
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 favorite son, a husband and beloved father, a best friend and a celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as perhaps as many as 400 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history.
        When, in March of 2006, Charles Cullen was marched from his final sentencing in an Allentown, Pennsylvania, courthouse into a waiting police van, it seemed certain that the chilling secrets of his life, career, and capture would disappear with him. Now, in a riveting piece of investigative journalism nearly ten years in the making, Charles Graeber gives us the unbelievable true story.
        Based on hundreds of pages of previously unseen police records, wire-tap recordings and videotapes and interviews with whistleblowers and confidential informants, and years of exclusive jailhouse conversations with Cullen himself, the homicide detectives who worked against the clock and administrators to try and finally crack the code on Cullen’s crimes, and Cullen’s fellow nurse Amy, an overworked single mom asked to choose between protecting her friend Charlie and stopping a potential serial killer, THE GOOD NURSE weaves an urgent and terrifying tale of madness, humanity and heroism. 
        Cullen's murderous career in the world's most trusted profession spanned sixteen years and nine hospitals. Time and again he was fired or allowed to resign. But Cullen continued to work and kill, shielded by a hospital system that, by accident or design, successfully protected the institution while failing to protect patients. THE GOOD NURSE is a searing indictment of a crushing and dehumanizing for-profit medical system, and an inspiring human story of the previously unknown individuals who chose to risk their jobs and lives to do the right thing. Mesmerizing and irresistibly paced, this book will make you look at hospitals and the people who work in them in an entirely different way.

Reviews

  • Unknown

    4
    By Mtoto Mwema
    Wow,, could not put it down, the suspense was palpable.
  • Can’t read it

    1
    By Manda. (:
    I bought this to read on the App Store and there’s nothing there when I open it to read it!!!!
  • The (Semi)Good Nurse

    4
    By README!23
    I’ve read better but I’ve definitely read worse.
  • 😖😖😖

    3
    By amandax345
    Kinda boring
  • Excellent!

    4
    By ReleaseNYC
    I read this book in two sittings - I just couldn't put it down! It's well-written, faced paced, and suspenseful.
  • The Good Nurse

    5
    By Craigfeds
    What an incredible book! A hard one to put down. The author did such comprehensive work to get this book as accurate as possible. Buy it and share it. You won't be disappointed. Craig'
  • The Good Nurse - A Good Read!

    5
    By barouh
    If you are a true crime fan, you will love this book! Really gets into the mind of an unusual serial killer (I suppose there is not a "usual" serial killer). Reads like a thriller. Couldn't put it down!
  • The Good Nurse

    4
    By SailorRuby
    Fascinating yet disturbing story.
  • Repetitious

    1
    By Lotgar
    Boring. Badly written. Probably should have 250 pages or less.
  • So slow and tedious

    5
    By Catherineand
    This was horrible, I could not even get through one third of it. No plot, just horrible story after horrible story.