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Plot Summary of Perfect Poison
"A nurse, working at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts, hides a sociopathic personality and gains reputation from peers as the "Angel of Death" after a six-month killing spree that resulted in approximately 40 patient deaths. Kristen Gilbert was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder."
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Plot
job/profession: - doctor/nurse
Job/profession/poverty story Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - killer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject: - neutral
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
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