When the girl is found murdered, Max is nowhere to be found. With the pressure mounting, Max just might reach the breaking point. Max can't turn off the mental rituals he needs to perform every fifteen minutes that keep him calm. That, plus his OCD and violent thoughts about a girl he likes makes Max a high risk patient. Seventeen-year-old Max has a terminally ill grandmother and is having trouble handling it. But when he takes on a new patient, Eric's entire world begins to crumble. 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. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. Recently separated from his wife Alice, he is doing his best as a single Dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. 'In a nail-biting stand-alone with two heart-pounding climaxes and several pulse-racing twists, Scottoline grabs her readers by the jugular and won't let go.' - Library Journal (starred review)ĭr.

'A mounting-stakes actioner.' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

'Scottoline has plenty of tricks up her sleeve.' - Booklist (starred review) 'Bestseller Scottoline casts an unflinching eye on the damaged world of sociopaths in this exciting thriller.' - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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