Fallen Angel — Anthea Cohen

Criminal vigilante, Nurse Agnes Carmichael is back.

Often overlooked by others as awkward and insignificant but little do they know that she is more dangerous than a black widow spider.

Released from the psychiatric ward where she had been having treatment after her suicide attempt, Carmichael takes a post as night nurse in an old people's home, run by a sinister and seedy couple.

Why did her predecessor leave so suddenly? And what is happening to the residents themselves?

Fallen Angel is the fourth episode in the career of Nurse Carmichael. Anthea Cohen combines an exciting intrigue with an unsentimental look at the seamy side of nursing.

Praise for Anthea Cohen…

‘Excellent thriller debut . . . Powerful antidote to the usual mush served up as drama on the wards: this is a frank and unsentimental view from someone who has worked as a nurse for twenty-five years. A good tale too.' - Yorkshire Post

‘A medical shocker in the grand tradition of P.D. James.' - Chicago Sun-Times

‘Nursing stories needn't be romantic mush or pass-the-scalpel melodrama, as hospital veteran Anthea Cohen proves in Angel of Death.' â€" Daily Mail

‘The atmosphere is perfect. The plot delectable.' â€" Philadelphia Daily News

‘Should appeal to those who enjoy a story with strong, credible characters set against a stormy hospital staff situation.' â€" Bolton Evening News

Anthea Cohen trained as a nurse at Leicester Royal Infirmary. For over twenty-five years she worked, on and off, in hospitals and as a private nurse. She wrote on medicine and hospital life, was a columnist for Nursing Mirror and contributed regularly to World Medicine. She published innumerable short stories, and also remains a popular author of books for the teenage market in the United States. Fallen Angel is her fourth crime novel. Its predecessors are: Angel Without Mercy, Angel of Vengeance and Angel of Death.