Now, more than sixty years later, his son's estate hires Mary to sue for reparations. At the outbreak of World War II, Brandolini was arrested by the FBI as part of a mass internment of Italian-Americans and was sent to a camp in Montana, where he eventually committed suicide. The roots of the matter sink deep into the past, when Amadeo Brandolini emigrated to Philadelphia, started a family, and built up a small fishing business. They're all trying to fix her up - her South Philly Italian parents, her best friend Judy Carrier, even the office security guard.Īll Mary wants to do is immerse herself in a case everybody else calls 'The History Channel', a pro bono representation of the Brandolini estate. Read onlineĪ stunning new tale filled with witty dialogue, vibrant characters, and breakneck pacing, in which true-life history reinforces Scottoline's hallmark themes of justice and family.Įverybody around lawyer Mary DiNunzio has decided she isn't allowed to be a Young Widow anymore, even though she didn't know there was an official cutoff. 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. Next, one of his own staff turns on him in a trumped up charge of sexual harassment.

Worried about Max, Eric goes looking for him and puts himself in danger of being seen as a 'person of interest' himself. 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.

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