This is a good book for anyone, like me, who is relatively new to the Thriller genre. It eases you in; not overly horrific, but still truly gripping. I read this in about three sittings. The plot is fairly complicated but never confusing. It follows Katie Shaw, who, years after her little brother Chris was attacked by a madman with a knife, has settled down with her high school sweetheart and their three year old daughter. Chris has become a drug addict and Katie hasn't spoken to him in years. Across town, an old philosophy professor, Alan Hobbes, is brutally murdered and detective Laurence Page investigates. Both these plotlines intertwine with the story of a serial killer 50 years previously who could, apparently, see the future. This sounds incredibly complicated but Alex North executes it flawlessly. This is especially impressive when you take into account the fact that he doesn't write in a completely chronological order, but includes flashbacks. The whole story builds upon itself and the end, when it comes, feels inevitable, but not predictable. This is definitely a book I plan on rereading soon.