In this story, a witness can be more terrifying than the killer…
Ruby Johnson is a nanny and housekeeper for well-to-do residents on Manhattan’s prestigious streets. She sees their lives from the inside: habits, schedules, weaknesses, and secrets. It seems to her that she knows everything about them.
One late night on her way home, Ruby becomes an eyewitness to a murder. She recognizes both the victim and the person who struck the blow. Ruby calls the police anonymously and names the criminal. But that name is a lie… She begins a dangerous game in which the cost of a mistake is too high, and losing could cost lives.
Eddie Flinn is a former con artist turned brilliant attorney—he takes on the defense of a man accused of this brutal crime. The chances are almost nil: the prosecution has a solid evidentiary case. What’s more, there is a real witness—an anonymous one hidden under number 8 in the list of witnesses. It’s precisely his testimony that can bring the case to a close. And Flinn has to build the defense blind…