18 Seconds by George Shuman (2006, Hardcover)

The plotline can be found elsewhere. I buy CD books for trips, but sometimes I just listen to them when running errands, it beats all the bad news and rap music on the radio! This was a good story, with several well-developed characters. The premise of the psychic is ALMOST believable, and hey, it's fiction, right? There are several storylines that come together, making it a bit hard to keep for me to keep it all together when listening in 15-minute chunks. The villian (Sykes) is just a bit over the edge, but then that's what makes this a gripping story. The ending had me feeling both good and bad, with events turning out almost too realistically. In all, I liked the story, I liked the premise, and I liked most of the characters. They seemed to be real, which is what it's all about. 5 CDs read by Lindsay Crouse, who's been on Law and Order, ER, NYPD Blue, Alias, and other shows and Broadway, plus films The Verdict, House of Games, The Insider, and Places in the Heart. She does a great job!