Publication Date: April 30, 2024
They’re locked up for your safety.
Now, you’re locked in with them.
Dr Connie Woolwine has five days to catch a killer.
On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison hospital, a scream shatters the night. The next morning, a nurse’s body is found and her daughter has been taken. A ransom must be paid, and the clock is ticking.
Forensic profiler Dr Connie Woolwine is renowned for her ability to get inside the mind of a murderer. Now, she must go deep undercover among the most deranged and dangerous men on earth and use her unique skills to find the baby – before it’s too late.
But as the walls close in around her, can Connie get the killer before The Institution gets her?
A nurse is murdered, and her baby is missing. If that wasn’t bad enough, the crime was committed in the notorious Institution, a mental hospital that deals with the worst of the worst criminally insane. Connie Woolwine and her partner Brodie Baarda must go undercover to find the baby before it is too late in The Institution by Helen Fields.
Dr. Connie Woolwine is called into the Institution after Nurse Tara Cameron is found dead and her baby is missing. Posing as a psychologist, Connie and her partner, Baarda, posing as an inmate, must figure out who could have killed Nurse Cameron and find her baby before it’s too late. However, the inmates are not the only suspects. Surrounded by staff bitter about their position, Connie must profile everyone as quickly as possible. With her own PTSD rearing its head and a storm moving in, Connie is on the clock. Will she find baby Aurora in time? Or will her own life hang in the balance as well?
Fields is an amazing author. She weaves a fabulous story with so many twists and turns. Learning about the crimes of each inmate was dark but fascinating. I love how Fields brought you into each character’s mind. I will warn readers, however, this book is not for the faint of heart. It’s dark and not one to read before bed, but it is so worth the read. For the last ten chapters, I truly couldn’t put the book down, and my anxiety was over the top. Maintaining that level of tension in a book is not easy, and maintaining that for so long is a true talent. I can honestly say that if there is another story with Connie and her partner, Brodie, I will pick it up in an instant!
The Institution is an edge-of-your-seat dark crime thriller that will leave you absolutely breathless.
Helen Fields studied law at the University of East Anglia, then went on to the Inns of Court School of Law in London. After completing her pupillage, she joined chambers in Middle Temple where she practised criminal and family law for thirteen years. After her second child was born, Helen left the Bar.
Together with her husband David, she runs a film production company. Perfect Remains is set in Scotland. Helen and her husband now live in Los Angeles with their three children and two dogs.
