Though doctors struggle to save them, babies are dying in the pediatric ward of a Texas hospital. A secret internal investigation reveals the sickening explanation: Genene Jones, a nurse on the 3-11 shift, is a cold-blooded kille r. This true-life thriller reveals how Jones was able to work again--and kill again.
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From Publishers Weekly
The case of San Antonio nurse Genene Jones, convicted in 1984 of murdering children in her care, and now suspected of having killed as many as 16 infants, made national headlines. A horrifying true-life medical thriller, this report by an editor of Texas Monthly is written in an understated style that adds to its impact. Despite her dismissal from a hospital post, weird medical obsessions, a history of lying and major on-the-job errors, Jones breezed from one nursing job to the next. The case has intriguing elements--a young, ambitious prosecuting D.A.; a naive, supportive close associate of the accused serial killer; a public hospital administration that suspected criminal wrongdoing but failed to notify the police and was later accused of cover-up. Elkind, who spares no one, notes with dismay that Jones could be eligible for parole as early as next year. Photos. 25,000 first printing; author tour.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Murder, madness, and medicine are the themes of this book. Murder and madness describe Genene Jones, the subject of the book. Jones was first a nurse in a San Antonio public hospital, then in a private clinic, and worked exclusively with pediatric intensive care cases. Children mysteriously would go into cardiac arrest during Jones's shift. As many as 13 children may have died as a result of Jones's actions. The medical community, fearful of bad publicity and lawsuits, did nothing but release Jones with a good recommendation, after "upgrading the ICU staff." Elkind, a reporter for Texas Monthly , has done a superb job of investigative reporting, delving into Jones's background to make sense of her madness and also to understand the medical community's role. Recommended.
- Sandra K. Lindheimer, Middlesex Law Lib., Cambridge, Mass.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Sandra K. Lindheimer, Middlesex Law Lib., Cambridge, Mass.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Peter Elkind is an editor at large at Fortune magazine and an award-winning investigative reporter. His latest book is Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. He is also the coauthor of the national bestseller The Smartest Guys in the Room, about the collapse of Enron, and the author of The Death Shift. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and Texas Monthly, and is a former editor of the Dallas Observer. He lives in Texas.
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This review is from: The Death Shift: The True Story of Nurse Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders (Hardcover)
Older book but still a good read. The fact a nurse could hurt children for her own weird highs is pretty frightening. The book was well researched and for the most part flowed with only a few slow parts about hospital administration etc.
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Very good story - - but .....,
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This review is from: The Death Shift: The True Story of Nurse Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders (Paperback)
Very good story, I enjoyed reading it, but it could be shorter. This thing was three hundred and something pages long, and it was very repetitive. When it came to the court hearings and everything they kind of dragged the story out a little. But it was a very shocking, thrilling read. It went pretty quick in the beginning of the story, and had me going for awhile.
I think people who enjoy reading true crime novels should pick this one up, and skip the pages that bore you because you won't miss much of the story. Trust me, I skipped like 10 pages of the whole book and got the just of it.
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Gripping Read for True Crime Fans,
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This review is from: The Death Shift: The True Story of Nurse Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders (Paperback)
Death Shift tells of the mysterious deaths of babies in a San Antonio hospital in 1981. The incidents stopped when nurse, Genene Jones, left. She moved to Kerrville and began working for a clinic. Again young children began to die abruptly. The book analyzes why a nurse would kill the patients she was trained to save. Gripping account!
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