The nurse is compelling read, initially I struggled with the plethora of characters and where the book was heading but was glad I persevered.
Rose the main character is in prison for a serious crime a merciless killing of a patient on the unit she worked on! However there is far more to this crime, as we hear about Roses childhood, her relationship with her mother, her lover and his sister and various other medical practitioners and acquaintances and the lengths of deception, depravity and duplicity they sink too in order to obtain what they want from Rose! Will Theo a down on his luck journalist be able to elicit the truth from this dark, twisty interwoven thriller snd bring about a resolution for Rose! Maybe a bit far fetched at times but otherwise an engaging, compelling and enthralling read.
Thank you netgalley for this early read.

I really wanted to like this one! I've always enjoyed thrillers and the description of The Nurse sounded so intriguing. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into the book past maybe the first 100 pages or so. The characters just didn't hold my attention and I couldn't read for more than 20-30 minutes before wanting to move onto something else. I gave this book a chance, and I hate not finishing books, but this just wasn't for me.

Rose who was a nurse in a high dependency ward is now in prison for twenty years for murdering a patient in her care. She has confessed to this crime but not everyone thinks she is guilty.
A writer finds this story very interesting and decides to interview Rose to find out what really happened and the circumstances that lead up to this crime.
A slow moving thriller with twists and turns.
Thank you to NetGalley and Canelo for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Netgalley and Canelo for the eARC.
This is a really good psychological book, I loved it.
Rose is a nurse who killed her patient and has confessed to the act and is now in prison. Theo is an ex-journalist and true-crime writer who wants to write a book about Rose and hopes to get a best-selling book out of his interviews with her. He needs the money... As he meets her, he's starting to realize things aren't as simple as that and wonders if she is indeed a murderer or is there more to the story?
I don't want to say much more for fear of giving away too much.
It's a twisty story about evil men and women who do horrible things that have brought Rose to a near breakdown and made her life a misery. It was impossible to put the book down and I had much empathy for both Rose and Theo. It's a must-read that deserves a definite 5 stars. Highly recomended!

Well this was was a read that had my head spinning round as twist after twist came rolling along and just as I thought I knew what was happening I was surprised yet again. It’s a dark and disturbing read in parts but it’s also a complex and very cleverly written book and I really did enjoy it.
The story was told from different points of view and timelines, I like this as little hints and secrets are there to find and it seems to make for a much more well rounded storyline. The main character of Rose was excellently written I both liked and disliked her in equal measure it always makes for a much more interesting read when I am not sure about a character and Rose was certainly one of these.
So I’m not rehashing the plot you can read it in the overview but I really can recommend this book it’s one that kept me wanting read , what more can you ask for!
My thanks to NetGalley and Canelo for giving me the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Excellent book.
Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood.Down-on-his luck author and ex-journalist, Theo Hazel, is convinced that there’s more to what happened than Rose is telling, and so decides to visit her behind bars to write her story. His first surprise comes when Rose reveals that the victim was not a stranger to her. He was the son of an ex-boyfriend from two decades ago.As time goes on, it seems that Rose is letting Theo see behind her perfect mask. With each new visit, he learns terrible new things about her heart-breaking past. With each new visit, he becomes more and more convinced that she can’t be a killer. But is he trying to free an innocent victim, or falling prey to a calculating murderer?
Thanks to NetGalley and Canelo for giving me an advance copy.

3.5 stars

This is rather dark, & it took me some time to get into the story, but then it just kept getting better & better. It’s about how easy it can be to not face up to hard realities, & the guilt that is born from the darkness in us we don’t want to admit a potential for.

[What I liked:]

•The narration is 1st person present tense. I really like present tense, I feel it gives an immediacy to the action happening on page unlike 1st person past tense, which can feel like someone recounting a tall tale in a bar. (There are parts in 1st person past, but those are when the MC is recounting her past to a journalist, so the distinction makes sense.)

•I really liked Theo as an MC. I admire his compassion & how hard he works, I sympathize with his guilt, I relate to his fears about his career & his financial stresses. If the story was 100% from Rose’s POV I wouldn’t have liked this book nearly as much.

•The story is just really interesting. I wanted to find out about Ed. I wanted to find out about Miles. I wanted to know how Bella was connected. And as the story progressed I realized no one really knew 100% of what had happened, but it was all these different characters who knew some things but were in the dark about others & were all trying to piece together the truth. It was a very compelling narrative approach.


[What I didn’t like as much:]

•It was hard to like Rose, especially at the beginning. I felt some stirrings of sympathy for her, but her self pity was off putting to me.

•I’m not clear on why Theo started falling in love. The gradual build up of feelings felt natural as far as pacing, but beyond thinking she was beautiful he didn’t show much attraction to her personality or anything else about her.

•The very last bit at the ending, what Theo learned when he visited Miles, I just don’t get it. I don’t get why Miles was okay with his final decision, & I don’t get how Rose could just go her merry way in light of everything. If the very last chapter didn’t exist the story would make a lot more sense to me, even if it would be a bit less “shocking”.

CW: murder, suicide, infidelity, infertility

[I received an ARC ebook copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Thank you for the book!]

The Nurse - JA Corrigan

Rose was 'The Nurse', now she's in prison at the start of a 20 year sentence for murder, a crime she confessed to. The big question is, 'is she guilty or innocent?'.

Theo Hazel is a true-Crime author working on researching a book around Rose's case.

Told using a past and present narrative, the past starting from 1991 Rose is a medical student working as a waitress when she meets a handsome, affluent older man. The present 2006 see Rose in prison and Theo visiting her and researching her case.

Billed as a 'psychological thriller with a gripping twist', I actually found it rather slow. Rose's past is generally engaging, the present and Theo's investigations drip feeds information about the characters and the case.

The main feeling I had was sympathy and regret for Rose's wasted life and misfortunes, with little in the way of tension or thrills. I wasn't really gripped but was interested to see the resolution.

I felt like it was more of a tragedy than a thriller, something like a Jane Corry character saga, and while I can read those, it really wasn't what I was expecting from the cover or description.





Thanks to Netgalley and Canelo.