Every Fifteen Minutes
Dr. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife Alice, 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 mental 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" himself. 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? New York Times best selling author Lisa Scottoline's visceral thriller, Every Fifteen Minutes,brings you into the grip of a true sociopath and shows you how, in the quest to survive such ruthlessness, every minute counts.
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 mental 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" himself. 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? New York Times best selling author Lisa Scottoline's visceral thriller, Every Fifteen Minutes,brings you into the grip of a true sociopath and shows you how, in the quest to survive such ruthlessness, every minute counts.~ Goodreads
My review..........4 stars
This was an intense thriller and an interesting look into the workings of a sociopath. There are sections of the book where we look into the mind of the sociopath, and it's scary to realize how normal they can appear on the outside, and the havoc they can raise when they have someone in their sights. In the case of this book, that person is Dr. Eric Parrish, who goes through hell and back trying to deal with the mess his life becomes when the sociopath makes their move. I enjoyed the hospital setting of the book (I used to work in a hospital lab), but I did feel that there was too much description at times. We were given a lot of detail about clothing that people were wearing, and what houses and offices looked like. Some of this would be okay, but it was a bit more than I think was needed for the story to flow. I loved trying to figure out who the sociopath was, and I did a pretty good job. This was unfortunate, because without giving anything away, I was not happy with who it was.
I won a copy of this book on audio, thanks to MacMillan audio for their great "every fifteen minutes" contest on release day! This book was narrated by George Newbern. I thought he did a good job, I wasn't blown away by his narration, but he did have a multitude of characters that he had to voice which I think must be difficult as a reader.
Pick this one up and try to figure out for yourself who the sociopath is. You may have to put up with some extra descriptive dialog, but the bones of the story are very interesting.
I read the e-arc of this for Netgalley, didn't listen to it, but I enjoyed it very much. Glad you did too!
It was very good. I had a feeling I was not going to be happy with the "who done it" 🙂
My husband bought the book for me. I really enjoyed it. Like yourself I was surprised/disappointed in who the sociopath turns out to be. However, the book overall was great!
Yes, I remembered thinking about halfway through that there was only one person I hoped it wouldn't be.........sigh 🙂