October 2026
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The Nurse at Baker Hospital will be released in October, 2026
Author of AMAH & THE SILK WINGED PIGEONS and THE ENVY OF PARADISE, Jocelyn Cullity’s THE NURSE AT BAKER HOSPITAL is a mystery based on a true story — the Ozarks’ version of THE GOOD NURSE — in which a young woman uncovers the dark secrets of a Depression-era cancer hospital and the mesmeric man behind them.
Inspired by the true story of Norman Baker, America’s King of the Quacks.
Ghosts of the Crescent: The Nurse
Pastel on paper
Rebecca J. Becker
“An engrossing story that exposes past medical fraud at an astonishing level.” — Kirkus Reviews
"Drawing on primary resources, the novel meets the highest standards of historical fiction while reading with the urgency of a thriller. Though the events are rooted in the past, the lessons they offer are not merely relevant—they are urgently so."
— Donna Meredith / Editor, Southern Literary Review
Courtesy of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum
On the verge of homelessness after her father’s death, young nurse Della King is deeply grateful to land a job at the famous Baker Hospital in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, but what appears to be her salvation—and the salvation of desperate, terminally ill patients from all over America—is something much darker.
As Della’s suspicions grow, she’s torn between her own survival and her professional duty. Baker is a powerful man and he’ll go to disturbing lengths to keep his terrible secret, but when her beloved patients begin to die, Della must risk everything to save them.