Flashforward, by Robert J. Sawyer

I enjoyed this one a lot more than the books in "The Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy", by the same author. The premises are quite simple. An experiment is conducted at CERN attempting to recreate conditions which would have existed right after the Big Bang. Something doesn't go as predicted, however, and what happens is that the consciousness of each individual human being is transported to a point ahead in time, 30 years into the future, for nearly two minutes. In this foray, many see what their lives will be in 30 years, while others see nothing, what perhaps indicates that they will be dead.

This event sets the stage for a scientific investigation which attempts to explain the phenomenon, for the twisted mystery of a murder that has yet to be committed, for deep questions in philosophy and quantum theory, and hours worth of the greatest reading pleasure. The story meets its end in a very complex, surprising, and rewarding wrap up that is bound to make you want to reread the final chapters at least once.

If you have never read Sawyer and want a fantastic introduction to his work, this is the best title I can recommend. Calculating God may be another good option, but the books in the Parallax Trilogy ( Hominids, Humans, and Hybrids) are certainly not as solid as Flashfoward.