The Institution by Helen Fields, is available now in paperback or currently in ebook for 99p!
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 girl – before it’s too late.
But as the walls close in around her, can Connie get the killer before The Institution gets her?
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OMG, The Institution is such a creepy and tense read, and I loved it! Helen Fields has cooked up a nightmare scenario, put all the worst bogeymen in one isolated place and then hidden a brand new baby in the mix. The book is really well written with a threatening atmosphere and a sense of menace that infiltrates every chapter.
The book opens with a floor plan of the ward (one of my favourite devices) and introduces us to Connie and her uniquely terrifying mission. The descriptions of the institution and the specific details of the highest security ward brought it vividly to life in my mind, and it sounded like an unnervingly desolate place.
Connie’s increasingly desperate search for the baby is interspersed with the tales of how each inmate came to be in the institution. As you might expect, the back stories were all very disturbing and each could easily form a story in its own right and served as a reminder of how vulnerable the staff and the baby are.
Somehow the tension ratchets even further up as the book hurtles towards its thrilling conclusion and, if you’ve got the stomach for it, then I really cannot recommend The Institution more highly. This is the first book I have read by Helen Fields but it certainly won’t be the last. Huge thanks to the publisher for my copy of the book.
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