The Profiler

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Pub Date Feb 25 2025 | Archive Date Mar 18 2025

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THE MILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER RETURNS WITH A DARK AND TERRIFYING JOURNEY INTO THE MIND OF A KILLER. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW!

‘Truly exceptional…twists and turns that I didn't see coming, a unique concept, and brilliant characters…simply captivating.’ JOHN MARRS

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He’s going to kill you. He just doesn’t know it yet.

Midnight Jones is an analyst trained to understand the human mind. But everything changes when, in the course of her work, she discovers Profile K’s file – because K stands for killer, and she knows that someone more dangerous than she could have ever imagined walks among them.

Midnight knows what Profile K is capable of before he even commits his first crime. But as the news rolls with the brutal murder of a local woman, no one believes what she tells them: that he is capable of so much worse.

Profile K will kill again – and, terrifyingly, Midnight realises that the moment she found his file was the moment she became his next target. Because Profile K is coming for Midnight – and the only way to escape with her life is to find him before he finds her…

The million-copy bestseller is back with a dark, terrifying journey into the mind of a psychopath that will keep you riveted until the very last page.

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Previously published as Profile K

Helen Fields' book The Institution was a UK top 20 paperback bestseller w/c 2023-09-23.

THE MILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER RETURNS WITH A DARK AND TERRIFYING JOURNEY INTO THE MIND OF A KILLER. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW!

‘Truly...


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Midnight Jones is an analyst trained to understand the human mind. But everything changes when, in the course of her work, she discovers Profile K’s file because K stands for killer, and she knows that someone more dangerous than she could have ever imagined walks among them! As she starts to investigate, without her works knowledge, she realizes that maybe they know more about profile K than they're letting on!
Wow wow wow!! This book was just crazy when you really think about it! The storyline was so very interesting! This was such a fantastic read! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one! I highly recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

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Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book. I will say it’s classified as a Mystery/Thriller when it’s really just “Murder” it’s dark, it’s evil, I really struggled with the first 180 pages and can see why so many marked it as DNF or rated it poorly I was also wanting to rate it a 1/2 star it was so graphic and as women we do feel so much fear as it is, it’s almost like this book makes you 100000x more paranoid and afraid. I also didn’t like the male predator going after women, the main character was creepy and disgusting in every way. I’m glad it finally picked up I would rate this a solid 3.5/4 stars I think the author wrote really well, it’s just too dark for me and for me it’s not something I would pick up again. I did love the main female characters and Doris and Jessica they were great.

*Spoiler alert * but my gay heart was sad Midnight and Jessica didn’t end up together that would have been icing on the cake 🥲

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It seems I read The Profiler by Helen Fields before in April 2024, and it's being released again in February 2025 as Profile K. I was wondering why the premise and these characters seemed familiar.

When I originally read the book last year, I enjoyed the book. But this second read was just okay for me. Maybe that is because I felt like I did indeed read it before.

Midnight Jones is an analyst trained to understand the human mind. But everything changes when, during her work, she discovers Profile K’s file because K stands for killer, and she knows that someone more dangerous than she could have ever imagined walks among them.

I so enjoyed Profile K. This was an edge-of-your-seat story. The story was intense, and the action felt like it never stopped. There were so many good twists and tension. I really liked the author's writing style and how the story unraveled.

I really liked Midnight as a character. And the stalking part was quite scary.

I would recommend Profile K. This time, I am rating it a 4 out of 5 stars.

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Helen Fields does it again in this genre, it had that element that I wanted and enjoyed the overall story going on in this. It had a tension that I was looking for and was glad everything worked together. The characters had that element that I was looking for and glad I read this.

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This is disturbingly good, but you have to be ready for some gore and some scary death scenes. This book is the epitome of thrilling and will hold you captive until the end.

When Midnight Jones realizes there might be a serial killer on the loose, after she profiles him in the course of her job, she can’t get anyone to listen to her. Everyone thinks she’s being overreactive, but Midnight must find “Profile K” before he finds her.

I’m a big fan of psychological thrillers so I loved this. It might be too much for some readers, but it was right up my alley. I loved it and I look forward to reading more by this author.

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Absolutely thrilling. It was so dark and twisted but SO good. This is probably one of the most graphic thrillers i’ve read. I hung on to every word.
Dawn and Dorris were such lights. The parts where we got to see their relationship were a complete reprieve from all the darkness.
This was the first book I have read from Helen Fields and it will definitely not be my last.

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Thank you NetGalley for a pre-release of The Profiler.

This is a creepy thriller you should read with the lights on behind locked doors….

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OMG! The most frightening 1st chapter I’ve ever read!
A quick reminder of how dark Helen Field’s thrillers are.🫣

Midnight works with a highly successful biotech company (of sorts). She analyzes applications to determine a person's fit in a particular field or educational environment.

But when she comes across one applicant it triggers the system. There must be a mistake! Nope… this applicant is so off the charts there is no way to classify him other than by Profile K. A one-of-a-kind profile the company never expected to use.

Prepare for one of the scariest, most evil serial killers you’ll ever come across.

It’s up to Midnight (who has a twin sister Dawn - don’t you love that?) to bring down this killer before he strikes again.

We have a cameo from Dr. Connie Woolwine, a world renowned profiler, who has been in Helen Fields’ previous books. I love her character and have a feeling we’ll be seeing much more of her in the future!

This was a fabulous, suspenseful and gripping read classified as a stand-alone but does have a recurring character. No worries if you’ve missed her previous books, but Dr. Connie Woolwine’s character is worth the trip through Helen Fields’ backlog of books.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper 360

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This is such a good book!!! It is a new take on killers and how an uncommitted crime is coming and how they knew it was coming. It was so fun to read this introspective take and the story that came along with it was great. It kept me hooked from the very beginning, i like it a lot!!

Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complementary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

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