An absolutely solid thriller with an unusual but gripping plot and superb characterisation.
Found myself looking for others by this author as soon as I'd finished it, which is always a plus point.
Many thanks for the escapism

From start to finish this book was gripping. I couldn’t wait to find out exactly what was happening, and though the subject was pretty terrifying I was fascinated. If this is typical of Helen Fields’ writing, then I think it’s about time to do some catch-up reading.
Our main character is Midnight Jones, a data analyst for Necto. The company is highly regarded, and has high expectations of their employees. When Midnight comes across some data anomalies, she looks further to find out what might be behind the problem. What she discovers is that the psychometric testing used by the company appears to have been pushed beyond its boundaries by a recent test case, known only as Profile K.
Nobody seems to take her concerns seriously. Yet not long after she comes up against some rather heavy stone-walking there’s a major company reshuffle and Midnight is promoted. She becomes increasingly fearful of the implications of her private questions…even more so when the body of a young woman is discovered, with similarities remarkably like that if the footage shown to her anonymous test case.
Without revealing any more of the plot, this is a story that operates on so many levels. The thriller element was absorbing, and the flashes we get into the head of the killer are truly sinister. Watching Midnight piece things together and coming to see the implications of her discoveries was compelling. And Doris…what a character!
Huge thanks to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this before publication. Now, off to try and source some other books by Helen Fields…

I´ve only recently discovered Helen Fields but I´m so glad I have. This book is really clever. The plot/storyline is totally believable as you seriously don´t really know what the top technical companies are capable of these days. Really makes you think.....

Thoroughly enjoyable, and Midnight is a very likeable character, along with her twin sister Dawn.

Very much looking forward to the author´s next novel.

My thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for giving me the opportunity to read an advanced digital copy in return for an honest review.

This was a great standalone from Helen Fields! I was drawn in by the plot concept and the twists and turns were well planned and I didn't see many of them coming.

The ending was all tidied up and for me that seemed to coincidental. However, I really enjoyed this one and I liked Midnight as a character!

I found it hard to get into at first because of all the technical stuff but once I got into the book I couldn’t put it down it was fantastic I felt worn out with all the tension and excitement.

Midnight works for Necto who studies peoples profiles and she finds a really disturbing one which is Profile K she tries to warn them but they didn’t believe her. When a horrific murder was committed she is now very worried.

Definitely recommend this amazing story,

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for an ARC

Unfortunately, I didn’t love this book as much as the other books I’ve read by Helen Fields. I think the main reason for this is that I really struggled with the characters as I found them hard to like and I didn’t feel sympathy for them. With a book like this one, feeling sorry for the main character is important, and I just didn’t feel that way as there were many things that the characters did that annoyed me. The storyline was interesting and a good concept, and I was intrigued enough to keep reading. I’m glad that I read this book and I’m sure that people will love it, but unfortunately it just wasn’t right for me.

4.5 Stars from me

Beginning with the brutal and excessively horrifying murder of a local woman, the neighbourhood is soon fearful of what seems like inevitable further attacks. Sensible women, murdered in their own homes, who appear to be taking all the right precautions, seem to be welcoming this killer inside.

As one would expect from Helen Fields, who has written some breathtaking standalone thrillers as well as the DI Callanagh series, this book has some outstanding characters: take a bow Midnight Jones who not only has a cool name but is also an outstanding character!

Midnight also has a cool sounding job, she works for Necto who analyse the brains of volunteer suspects. Sometimes this is for job applications or uni placements and other times just for interest. It suits Midnight just fine, headphones in and get on with the work, ignoring the overbearing bosses! As the title suggests, one day Midnight runs the process and gets notification of a Profile K... I am sure you can join the dots there on what the K stands for given the context of the book - and once a Profile K is found we'd be confident that Necto would alert the relevant authorities, wouldn't we. Would we?

Thankfully, our likeable protagonist Midnight Jones has a moral compass as big as the moon and this is highlighted by her homelife where she is a selfless carer for her sister Dawn. I was heartened by the arrival of Doris in the sisters' lives, although my suspicious mind worried whether she was too good to be true. I liked that Doctor Connie Woodwine (from The Institution) played a part too as I love it when authors drop characters into different books, making them seem more real.

Overall, this is a gruesome but clever thriller and I loved it. My thanks to NetGalley, the author, and Avon Books UK for a copy in return for an honest review.

Published 25 April 2024. What a ride! This was a thriller that kept me guessing, that kept me reading. And with a killer whose mind you get a terrifying glimpse of. The opening is so gruesome and you feel helpless as you watch the murder, made even worse by the telephone message that the victim, Chloe, listens to as the murderer is taking his time. And the author does not shy away from the gruesome in this book as our killer is really disturbed. Our main character, Midnight Jones, works for Necto, a tech company that seems to specialise in the human mind/brain. Her job is to analyse psychological profiles of applicants for different companies. When one profile comes out as Profile K - someone with no boundaries and no empathy - she thinks there maybe a malfunction. She reviews the test that this individual took and what she witnesses is horrifying and she reports her findings to her bosses only to be waved away. But - as part of the Necto package - as soon as an operative starts reviewing an applicant's test, they get sent an email and so Profile K has received an message telling him that Midnight J is reviewing his results. This person knows her name! And so starts a cat and mouse chase as Midnight believes that the murder of Chloe was carried out by Profile K and she knows that he will definitely kill again. Midnight is such a warm character and you really feel for her and the life she has. Her twin sister Dawn has special needs and their parents have just taken off, leaving Midnight to be primary carer, which she does as she adores her sister, but this does mean she is alone. She can't socialise or do anything that young women her age do and now she is sure that Profile K is looking for her. I really loved this, but beware - there is lots of blood. There are twists and I got to meet again in a small role, Connie Woolwine who I met in The Institution - which was a nice surprise. It is dark, it is gruesome, it is brilliant.

An amazing read for this wonderful author. I loved the background it was based and midnight was a brilliant character. I enjoyed all the characters and midnight relationship with her sister.

Helen Sarah Field’s “Profile K” is a standalone thriller by Helen Sarah Field author of the successful Callanach series. Midnight Jones is an analyst who understands the human mind but her life is catapulted into a nightmare when she comes across the file which is classified as Profile K, a designation that stands for killer.

Midnight’s discovery thrusts her into a race against time to stop the predator before he strikes, knowing she could well prove to be his next victim. Lots of intrigue, suspense in this well written thriller that kept me reading into the early hours as I tried to guess the identity of Profile K.

As always I can rely on a good read when I pick up this authors books. This is a compelling psychological thriller that had all the necessary ingredients. Fascinating plot, interesting characters, lots of suspense and so well written.

I would like to thank both Netgalley and Avon Books UK for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I love books by Helen Fields and I think this might be my favourite so far. It had such an original plot, and I was captivated from the first page.
I loved the futuristic feel to the story. Midnight Jones is a profile analyst at a bio tech company and comes across a Profile K file (K for killer). Who is this person, and could he be connected to the recent murders? Why is the company protecting the file? Is Midnight in danger?
The suspense throughout this book was brilliant. I loved the characters, and I really couldn't predict what would happen. There were some fantastic twists, too! I did find some of Midnight's decisions a bit frustrating at the end, but I was willing her to succeed, and I loved the ending. The whole book had such a creepy, sinister atmosphere too, which I loved. It was a five-star read for me, and I can't wait to read more by this brilliant author.

Absolutely FANTASTIC!
What a page turner! Has me hooked from the very beginning and not your standard thriller, phenomenal! Highly, highly recommended.

Profile K is a tense, chillingly good nail biting read that is not for the faint hearted.

The book draw you in slowly as the author sets up the premise of Midnight Jones for works for a bio tech company reviewing profiles.

One profile sets off an alert that is labeled Profile K.

Midnight is determined to figure out what this means.

The company is determined that Midnight does not find out and will do anything to prevent her from doing so.

Midnight is a twin and her sister Dawn with special needs is totally dependent on her so she cant afford to lose her job.

Horrific murders are taking place close to where Midnight lives . The police have never seen such brutal killings. A slaughter really.

Midnight thinks somehow these murders are connected to her horrific discovery.

Helen Fields of whom I am big fan, is a master of keeping the reader hooked with twist and turns, red herrings and hold your breath books and Profile K is no exception.

The book is a journey the reader must take on their own but I will say its chillingly good, lock your doors and be prepared to read into the night.

I am hoping we see Midnight Jones again.

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK, Avon for a book I cant stop thinking about it.

I want to preface my review by saying I consider Helen Fields one of my favorite authors and I very much appreciate the opportunity to read ARCs of all her books. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish Profile K due to its very different focus from Fields' normal series. Although the writing is extremely effective and really draws you in, I'm just not a fan of anything that I consider Sci-fi. The main character of Midnight is well-drawn as is the description of the company (reminded me of The Circle), but my anxieties took flight as I read the first half.

Before I started this book this morning, I had only planned to read until I'd finished my coffee, but the day disappeared as I continued reading to the end. I kept trying to guess who the murderer was while hoping Midnight and Dawn would survive not only the murderer, but Midnight's employer. The characters were well written and I thought one was creepy enough to be the killer, but I won't spoil it by saying who. A book I would recommend reading

Midnight is juggling her job with looking after her handicapped twin sister after their parents decide to leave them to go travelling. With a highly demanding job involving profiling applicants for interviews and a manager who has little sympathy for any personal struggles, she is disturbed when one applicant appears to be a profile K. Trying to alert the senior management proves to be futile as they close ranks and ultimately move her to another department. With an apparent serial killer in town and her fears that this applicant could be one and the same she is struggles to be believed so takes matters into her own hands.
A fantastic storyline that is fast paced, full of red herrings, thrilling, gory at times and certainly breath taking. A must read page turner from a brilliant author

Deep, Dark, Chilling..
A deep, dark and chilling premise is executed perfectly in this edge of seat suspense which drags the reader, possibly kicking and screaming, into the grisly depths of the mind of a killer and psychopath via a feisty and fearless protagonist. The author succeeds in immediately drawing the reader in with a shattering, frankly terrifying, opening and it doesn’t stop there - as the shocks and the twists keep coming at alarming rate.

The main, totally believable, character Midnight Jones starts work for Necto Corporation in London, a biotech company, specialising in the human brain.

Midnight’s role is to assess applicant profiles for many things including important university places. All this is slightly terrifying and quite sinister. especially when she gets a profile of data scores that has to be untrue with maybe a system glitch or corrupt data in her computer. (Don't get me started on the Post Office scandal!).

On her own Midnight probes a little deeper ending up with a profiler - Profile K. The 'K' does NOT stand for 'kissing.' . After referring the profile to senior members of Necto she is asked to leave the job. No more spoilers!. She has no option but to get the police involved and eventually DI Jock Ruskin starts investigating.

The consequences of Midnight's 'relationship' with Profile K are enormous and scary. Ms Fields does not shy away from violence and in this regard I would say she is an author who is 'a cut above the rest'. 'I'll get my coat!.

Brilliant characters drawn in to the story, well drawn as you can expect with any of Ms Fields' other books.. A class act.

Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for the chance to read and review.

Profile K by Helen Fields was a good pager-turner with a plot that brought a spark of intensity and characters that helped tell the story. As a certain quirky character was introduced and the story progressed then it did get slightly awkward for me as reader but I felt it wrapped up in a really good way and hope it continues. With that said, I look forward to the next book by this author!

Love the cover!

Thank you to both Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity in exchange for an honest review.

A very dark and twisty thriller that is original, fresh and disturbing. Characters are well drawn, especially Midnight who is trying to hold down a demanding job whilst caring for her twin sister. Things get very gruesome but it’s a page turner and well written.