Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline narrated by, George
Newbern
Also in-house in Hardcover
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Dr. Eric Parrish is
the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of
Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife, Caitlin, he is doing his best
as a single dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. His work seems to be
going better than his home life, however. His unit at the hospital has just
been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of doctors
and nurses who are as caring as Eric is. But when he takes on a new patient,
Eric's entire world begins to crumble. Seventeen-year-old Max has a terminally
ill grandmother and is having trouble handling it. That, plus his OCD and
violent thoughts about a girl he likes makes Max a high risk patient. Max can't
turn off the rituals he needs to perform every fifteen minutes that keep him
calm. With the pressure mounting, Max just might reach the breaking point. When
the girl is found murdered, Max is nowhere to be found. Worried about Max, Eric
goes looking for him and puts himself in danger of being seen as a "person
of interest". Next, one of his own staff turns on him in a trumped up
charge of sexual harassment. Is this chaos all random? Or is someone
systematically trying to destroy Eric's life?
My Review:
Scottoline does it again with another great standalone
thriller. This one had me guessing all the way through and when the
reveal/reveals came I was caught completely unaware, never would I have guessed
who wanted to ruin Eric’s life.
Eric Parrish doctor extraordinaire has a lot going for him
he was just named #2 psychiatric doctor but he also just got divorced and is
trying to spend a little more time with his daughter Hannah. When he gets a consult
about a young man, Max, with possible OCD and who may be a suicide risk Eric
agrees to take him on as a patient. But Max says some things that make Eric a
little nervous and when Max goes over the edge he seems to take Eric with him.
Eric’s life gets turned upside down but is it all a coincidence or is there
something more sinister going on? Is someone deliberately trying to take Eric
down?
This was a great edge of your seat thriller, there were
times though that I wanted to yell at Eric, Stay Home! Don’t Go! But that would
have made for a boring story and this was anything but boring. I really felt Eric’s
confusion and felt for him as he was trying to save not only himself but Max
too. I love Scottoline’s writing and
this one was hard to stop listening to.
George Newbern has got a new fan in me this is the second
book in just a month or so I have listened to that he has narrated and I really
like his narrating style. He will be a go to for books if he is narrating I
will pick the audio version.
This book is for fans of a good thriller that keeps you
guessing.
4 ½ Stars
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