Book about a clock that predicts deaths (title don't include the word Clock)

My mother read more than 10 years ago a mystery book and she doesn't remember title or author but she wants to find it. She says that the book was ​​​about a clock (didn't remember what type of clock) that predicts the hour of death of some people. She says that there is a death that happens in a building and that this is really important. And that the title (at least in it's Spanish version) didn't include the word Clock at all. Please Ive been searching for hours, does anyone have any idea?