The Death Shift: The True Story of Nurse Genene and the Texas Baby Murders

Peter Elkind. Onyx Books, $4.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-451-40196-0

``The case of San Antonio nurse Genene Jones, convicted in 1984 of murdering children in her care, and now suspected of having killed as many as 16 infants, made national headlines,'' observed PW . ``A horrifying true-life medical thriller, this report by an editor of Texas Monthly is written in an understated style that adds to its impact.'' Photos. (May)

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