Perfect Poison by M W Phelps

Perfect Poison by M W Phelps

Serial Killer on Ward C

In Northampton, Massachusetts, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kristen Gilbert was known as a hardworking, dedicated nurse--so why were her patients dying? So many emergencies and sudden deaths occurred while Kristen made her rounds on Ward C that her colleagues jokingly called her the Angel of Death. Yet most people didn't suspect the horrifying truth behind the nickname: that Gilbert's polished fa ade concealed a scheming, manipulative liar and homicidal, narcissistic sociopath.

Lethal Cure

From August 1995 through February 1996, Gilbert dealt out wholesale death. Her victims were helpless patients who trusted her as a caregiver, only to learn too late that she was a killer, her weapon a drug capable of causing fatal heart attacks. But she got away with murder until three of her fellow nurses could no longer ignore the proliferation of deadly coincidences on Gilbert's watch. Investigators believe Kristen Gilbert may have been responsible for as many as 40 deaths. As the law closed in, she struck back, faking suicide attempts, harassing witnesses, stalking her ex-boyfriend, and terrorizing the hospital with bomb threats. In March 2001, after being found guilty of four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, Angel of Death Kristen Gilbert was sentenced to life imprisonment.

M.D., a bestselling investigative journalist and serial killer expert, has written for the New York Times. William Phelps has been on over 100 television shows and is the author of thirty-one nonfiction books. He is one of the stars of Deadly Women and Oxygen's Snapped, Killer Couples, and KillerPost. He created, produced, and starred in the series Dark Minds. He's been dubbed the nation's preeminent authority on the psychology of the female murderer by Radio America. Phelps is able to access the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else, having been touched by tragedy himself through the unsolved death of his sister-in-law. He resides in a agricultural town in Connecticut and may be reached at www.mwilliamphelps.com.