Synopsis
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 girl - before it's too late.
But as the walls close in around her, can Connie get the killer before The Institution gets her?
A claustrophobic, haunting crime thriller that will keep you up at night, perfect for those who couldn't put down The Sanatorium and Amy McCulloch's Breathless.
Publisher information
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780008533519
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
- Weight: 280g
- Languages: English
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Love all her books - just superb!
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy - it is no secret that I am a big fan of Helen Field's books.
So obviously I started this off with t... READ MORE
Another great read from the great crime writer
Helen Fields has done it again yet another page turner of a crime story. I have no idea how she keeps coming up with such great stories and characters but ... READ MORE
A tense, atmospheric read
Wow, this is a very different and dark read compared to the author’s previous books. Talk about an opening chapter that just grabbed my attention and pul... READ MORE
A terrifying storyline had me reading into the early hours of the morning.
A terrifying storyline had me reading into the early hours of the morning.
I got a bit nervous when I noticed the map at the novel's beginning of the layo... READ MORE
Dark twisty and blindsided me
I personally found this exciting, chilling and sinister.
I took a while to read this due to some health issues, not…..because I didn’t want to finish it o... READ MORE
Brilliant
The Institution is a maximum security prison for the criminally insane. Located in a setting that is cut off from the world & access limited, escape is tho... READ MORE
Just wow!
I absolutely loved this book from start to finish. Some of the subject matter and crimes discussed were gruesome, but not obscenely so. The psychological e... READ MORE
Gripping thriller
We first met D.I Baarda and Connie Woolwine in The Shadow Man, so I was delighted to read The Instituion. It is very dark, not for the faint hearted but SO... READ MORE
Thrilling.
I am a big fan of Helen Fields novels and was not disappointed by this story.
I thought this book was quite different to Ms Fields previous novels and it ... READ MORE
Brilliant
Just blown away. So gripping and chilling and full of emotions. I love Connie and how she interviews each patient in The Institution. As time is running... READ MORE
Dark and terrifying, the Institution had me committed to finishing it from the first chapter!
The Institution is utterly terrifying!
It's such a remarkable premise. Imagine looking for a murderer on a high-security ward full of serial killers. That... READ MORE
Genuinely scary suspense thriller
If this book isn’t a smash hit, I’ll claw my own eyes out. I don’t think I have read a genuinely scary book for such a long time. Fans of Helen Fields will... READ MORE
Tense, Suspenseful, Forensic Profiling...Graphic
Dripping with atmosphere and chock full of tense moments, The Institution grips and pulls and just doesn't let go.
Dr. Connie Woodwine, a forensic profi... READ MORE
Amazing
This book was just
An atmospheric, harrowing and intense read.
Atmospheric, claustrophobic and intense, this psychological thriller featuring Dr Connie Woolwine is set in a remote institution. Her insightful and unique... READ MORE
A dark,creepy and compulsive read
Dr Connie Woolwine finds herself undercover in remote high security facility housing the criminally insane, The Institution.
Following the murder of one o... READ MORE
This is an exciting read from author Helen Fields and I am already looking forward to her next book.
A standalone novel from Helen Sarah Fields author of the DI Callanach series that is one of my favourite reads. This one is a little different to the norma... READ MORE
Scary and thrilling!
Well, The Institution is a cracker of a book. I’m a big fan of the Luc and Ava series by Helen Fields and was looking forward to reading this as it seemed ... READ MORE
Gruesome!
‘The Institution’ follows on from ‘The Shadow Man’ with the character of Dr Connie Woolwine as she has just five days to discover the identity of the perso... READ MORE
An ok read.
The book is set in a high security prison hospital ward. It opens with the gruesome murder of a pregnant nurse and her baby taken. Dr Connie Woolwine, a fo... READ MORE
Claustrophobic Thriller
Absolutely loved this book, one of my favourites so far this year.
It played out like a good thriller movie and I couldn’t put it down.
The claustrophobic ... READ MORE
Terrifying
Phew! A terrifying journey into the Institution. It resonated at a primal level, you can get in but can you get out again!!! Totally disturbing and at the... READ MORE
Great thriller
When the body is found of pregnant nurse Tara Cameron and her baby ripped out of her at the institution for the criminally insane. Psychological profiler D... READ MORE
Riveting, edge of the seat - solid 5*
We first met Dr Connie Woolwine and her partner Baarda in The Shadow Man which was a compulsive read. The Institution has taken it to the next level! This ... READ MORE
Started okay but I was bored with it by the end
I've read several of Helen Fields's other novels and really enjoyed them, but I didn't like this one at all. The premise of the book seemed quite promising... READ MORE
Locked room murder thriller
I recently read, and really enjoyed, The Last Girl to Die by Helen Fields. I was very much looking forward to The Institution. It is a very different book,... READ MORE
Chilling and tense
In the very first chapter we meet Connie, and Tara, a nurse, who has been the victim of a horrific crime. This opening is very quiet, intimate even. The de... READ MORE
Another fully-charged, emotive psychological thriller, delivered brilliantly!
I am realising quickly, that, with Helen Fields, you are guaranteed a tense, gritty, fast-paced read. The Institution is no exception!
The subject matt... READ MORE
The Institution
This is not billed as a series book, nor is The Shadow Man which also features American profiler Connie Woolwine and her erstwhile partner DI Brodie Baarda... READ MORE
A MUST read for crime thriller lovers
OMG I could not put The Institution down! This book should come with warning *highly addictive and a danger to your health* My blood pressure shot up the m... READ MORE
Outstanding
This is the second novel featuring Dr Connie Woodwine and Brodie Baarda, first appearing in the excellent Shadow Man.
Psychological profiler Connie stud... READ MORE
Different levels of evil throughout
Just when I thought I’d completed my list of favourite books that I’ve reviewed in 2022 (published March 2023) along comes this absolute cracker. Full of f... READ MORE
Highly recommended
A book that brought me to some very dark places, kept me on the edge, and surprised me with each twists.
I was fascinated by the chilly and creepy atmosphe... READ MORE
Brilliant
What a fantastic novel- one of the best I’ve read in a while! It’s atmospheric in a dark, spellbinding, terrifying way, so much so I couldn’t read it fast ... READ MORE
Gothic Crime Thriller
The Institution by Helen Fields is not so much a locked room mystery as a locked ward mystery with that ward being in a secure psychiatric facility for som... READ MORE
A brilliant read
Wow wow wow, what an epic read!
A year ago I reviewed The Shadow Mann and said “ I really like the characters of Woolwine and Baarda and I’d love to see th... READ MORE
A top notch thriller
I almost stopped reading after the first few pages, as the visceral impact of the victim - a woman with her baby removed from her whilst alive - was too mu... READ MORE
Suspenseful
The Institution is book two in the Dr. Connie Woolwine series, with Connie, a psychological profiler and Brodie Bardaa,
When a pregnant nurse is murdered... READ MORE
Fabulously dark and sinister
When I read The Shadow Man I was really hoping for another book featuring Dr Connie Woolwine, a fiercely clever forensic profiler, and here it is. The Inst... READ MORE
Mind boggling
4.5 rounding up to 5 as when I wasn't reading The Institution I was thinking about it and at the end I could not put the book down.
The book starts out st... READ MORE
Riveting
Yet another gripping read by Helen Fields and one I very much enjoyed
It has everything - a gruesome murder, an isolated creepy location, serial killers, ... READ MORE
Her best book yet!
"The people inside these walls are broken. All of them. It's bad enough being here against your will. Imagine having so little to live for that of all the ... READ MORE
Atmospheric Thriller
I have been a fan of Helen Field’s writing since requesting one of the DI Callanach series a few years ago and I have now read nearly every one of her book... READ MORE
Fusion of mystery, psychological and action
3.5-3.75⭐️ Which I have rounded up
This author is a go to for me, so I was excited to read this one. Dr Connie Woolwine previously appeared in The Shadowm... READ MORE
A chilling thriller of a missing baby with a terrifying conclusion
Have read many books by this author but nothing could have prepared me for the sheer darkness portrayed in this story. The setting, a mental institution fo... READ MORE
The Institution , Helen Fields
An edge of your seat thriller. Brilliantly written and the characters are right in front of you. Helen Fields is one of our best thriller writers and never... READ MORE
An addictive read!
Having read all the DI Callanach books, and The Shadow Man, I was keen to read this new Connie Woolwine novel, and I have to say it gripped me from the get... READ MORE
Wow, absolutely excellent
An absolutely amazing read and Helen you’ve done it again.
I was totally gripped from the very beginning and as the story went on became more and more hoo... READ MORE
Bit bonkers but fun
This was a high octane and very atmospheric read! Who doesn’t love a terrifying storm and power cut in a remote location?! I haven’t read a lot of books li... READ MORE
A Good Psychological Thriller
This book is a very dark sometimes harrowing but gripping as well .A Nurse has been murdered and her baby snatched,the setting is an Institution for the Cr... READ MORE
Tense, dark and chilling.
Another absolutely cracking read from Helen Fields. I read this over two days (only because work life interrupted my reading)!
This grabbed me from the st... READ MORE
5* read
Dr Connie Woodwine and her colleague Brodie Baarda are recruited to work under cover at a high security hospital for the criminally insane, the Institutio... READ MORE
Brilliant author
I really enjoy her series, This book starts with a murder of a nurse she was Carrying a baby that was taken.will Dr Conny Woolwine who goes undercover in t... READ MORE
A dark, twisted crime thriller set in a remote facility for the criminally insane
My thanks to Avon Books U.K. for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘The Institution’ by Helen Fields.
I am a big fan of Helen Field’s police procedurals and was in... READ MORE
Fantastic read - couldn’t put it down
I hadn’t read for a while then got this book to go on holiday. It was fantastic, I couldn’t put it down and was up until the early hours reading! Constant ... READ MORE
I am hooked!
I’m half way through and cannot put it down, the story is told in an amazing way. Would recommend!!
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