It's very difficult to spot a sociopath because they are
heavy duty game players. You could be their best friend,
but honestly, they don't really like you. You have no
reason to be wary of them as not all of them are killers.
However, you might get more than you bargain for if you
are
chosen to act in one of their scenarios -- they truly want
to
ruin your life.
Eric Parrish has been Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at
Havemeyer General Hospital in Philadelphia for fifteen
years. He is very good at his job; not so good in his
private life. He is in the middle of a divorce that he
does
not want; he and Caitlin married right out of college and
have one child, seven year old Hannah.
Eric consults with an elderly cancer patient, Virginia
Teichner about her seventeen year old grandson, Max
Jakubowski, her primary caregiver. Max is concerned that
his "Gummy" doesn't eat, and thinks she's depressed. Mrs.
Teichner confides that she isn't depressed; she is worried
what will happen to Max when she passes; his father walked
away years ago and his mother is an alcoholic. Eric
agrees
to counsel Max at his office he has for private patients.
After Virginia dies, Max goes completely off the grid, and
Eric tries to find him by using people Max talked about in
private. This is the sociopath's cue to start Eric's
personal life and his career plummeting. Eric's divorce
turns nasty; he is the prime suspect in the killing of a
young girl; and, he is being sued for sexual harassment by
one of the Interns on his staff. Max shows up, finally,
and believes the worst about his mentor, which is another
low blow for Eric. Who could be doing this to Eric, and
why?
Lisa Scottolini superbly balances emotion and suspense
into
EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES and presents the reader with a
totally
fascinating, macabre, and darkly exciting tale. Eric is a
fully resolved character going up against believable
situations. The supporting characters are skillfully and
richly imagined personae and are germane and spot on to
this
tale. EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES is a riveting page-turner
penned by a master storyteller.
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 Eric 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.
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