Every Fifteen Minutes
By Lisa Scottoline
- Release Date: 2015-04-14
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
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.
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?
Reviews
Must read!
5By JanetBrowningCouldn’t put it down, so many twists and turns!! Great book!!Great story!
5By aman ym tonYeaGreat read
5By QslqthqsyImagine you’re in a Ferrari 458 Italia cruising along in 6th gear for the first third of your journey when suddenly you flip the paddle into 3rd gear and bury the accelerator. You’re pinned against the seat for the remainder of the journey. That’s this book.Rate this a 10 star!!
5By okflymomThis book was incredibly well written. Kept me turning pages almost faster than I could read the words. I really like this author. Do yourself a favor and read this book.Very hard to put down!
5By Carlee SnyderThis book keeps you on your toes.Could be a great story but...
3By Jezzayy ahaaThe story has the potential to be really great. What held me back from reading the entire book was the surplus of run on sentences, unnecessary commentary, and grammatical errors. I really tried to get through it but it became too annoyingOk
3By Vet galA little all over the place.Too long
3By BigFan73Way too long. Could have cut the book in half and come to same outcomesEvery 15 minutes
1By Pat404040Horrible in so many ways. Why did I waste neuron time on this one...Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline
5By The CallawaysAll I can say is "WOW!" This book was fantastic and kept me guessing up till the very end! I loved the location where the story takes place (lived in the Valley Forge area from 1965-1977) so am very familiar with places mentioned in the story. I recommend to anyone who LOVES this genre as it kept me on the edge my seat! Great Job Lisa & look forward to reading more of your books.Disappointing. Flat.
1By Toodle's has left the buildingI was expecting something entirely different. The commercial on television led me to believe this would delve more into a sociopaths mind. It didn't.Great book
5By Gigi0376Absolutely loved this book. This author never seems to amaze me with her stories. I was intrigued the entire book. I could not put it down. Getting ready to read Look Again.Good reading
4By Nonrev travelerI really enjoy Lisa Scottoline's novels, however after reading some of the negative reviews I almost skipped reading this one. I am glad I didn't. It was a good read, suspenseful and intriguing. I found I couldn't put it down, and I enjoys the twists in the story. Maybe not Ms. Scottoline's best, but definitely worth reading.Awful
1By Hogmom41I got within 60 pages of the end of this book and just could not finish. That's how bad it is.An insult to the reader's intelligence: horrible! *SPOILERS*
1By DrraydarrWhat a waste of my time and money. The writing is at a fifth grade level. To say that the plot strains credulity is an understatement. SPOILER ALERT This book wants you to believe that one hospital has on its staff not one, but two, sociopaths who both have it in for the protagonist, Eric, a respected psychiatrist. Somehow they find out about their mutual hatred for Eric and one, a female ER doctor, is able to manipulate the other (how, we're never told) in a Svengali manner to murder an innocent little girl, just to frame Eric for murder and to convince a female med student to claim that Eric sexually assaulted her, again to ruin him. And why? Because the ER doc is holding a grudge that she was spurned by Eric when he married someone else, OVER 7 YEARS earlier?! What in the name of all that is holy can explain this inexplicably delayed reaction. And, to make things even more unbelievable, the entire plan requires the serendipitous appearance of a teenager, Max, with OCD who is convinced by his grandmother (was she a co conspirator?) to see Eric as a therapist. And, on top of that, the whole scheme requires knowledge that Max has a crush on a girl who happens to like to walk her dog at a certain park at a certain time. This is information that only Max knows, and he keeps it a secret, until he slowly reveals it to Eric, in confidence, after several weeks of therapy, and then, only in bits and pieces. Further, none of the plan would have succeeded if Eric hadn't decided to follow the girl home in a hunch to locate the missing Max. Confused yet? How would either sociopath have even an inkling that such a complex, convoluted course of events might occur? And how would either of them know about the existence and location of the girl? None of this is answered, because there are no answers. Oh, and these sociopaths apparently were able to hide their mental illnesses from everyone, including friends and family for their entire lives. Then, snap, just like that, they both go off the deep end at the same time! Why? Who knows? That's just a problematic detail that Lisa Scottolini conveniently overlooks. This is slipshod writing and storytelling at its very, very worst!Disappointing!
1By JohnJakes MomI really look forward to Lisa's books- this time around I was not happy- it was hard to get into, slow plot development and the story didn't take off until halfway thru. I usually cannot put her books down- this one has taken me weeks to finish. I think she needs to stick to strong female leads ;)Every fifteen minutes
5By Chardez54Wow great book I couldn't put it down! I'm so glad I purchased it on my iPad. When I was looking for another book to read I believe under the featured books or perhaps one of those other categories, the description caught my attention so I downloaded the sample and after reading that decided it was so good I needed to buy the rest of the book. Now I am going to look for another book by Lisa Scottoline and see what I can find, which I bet will be another awesome book by a awesome writer! Thanks!2 stars
2By Bill1369The first half oh this book is a boring soap opera. The 2nd half isn't too bad. Naive hero solves the case. Not worth buying. Not up to author's usual.Every fifteen minutes
5By 146readerOne of the best thrillers I have read in quite a while. Surprises up to the last minute. Great read. Will read more of author's books. A+.
