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Kindness & Killing with Helen Fields

Ep. 324

Today I interview Helen Fields about her book, The Profiler, 

And review: 

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

By Any Other Name by Jodie Picoult  

A Beginner's Guide to Dying by Simon Boas.

The Tim Sullivan DS Cross series 

Helen Fields recommends

Remarkbly Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

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