One might say Ruby Johnson is a monster. At the very least, she is dangerous because no one sees her for who and what she really is...at least not at first. Once a child of privilege, she and her sick mother now barely eke out an existence. Ruby works as a maid and a sometimes nanny for New York's elite in the very same neighborhood where she was raised. After witnessing a murder one fateful night, she decides not to inform the authorities. Instead, she crafts a diabolical and murderous plan from which she can destroy lives and benefit financially. After all, who would suspect this?
Meet Eddie Flynn. To say he is a nondescript attorney would be a big mistake. He is a former ex-con artist (who knew?) who has launched a new career as a New York City attorney who takes on cases other lawyers might walk away from. When he agrees to take on the case of Dr. John Jackson, the man accused of the murder Ruby witnesses things get really tense. Add to the mix a contract on Eddie's life, an assassin with an obsession with Marlon Brando movies and one of the most unusual teams I have ever encountered readers are treated to a fast-moving and thoroughly engrossing tale.
Skillfully crafted, in WITNESS 8, by Steve Cavanagh, the author expertly handles this multi-layered story. Well plotted, filled with pulsating action, twists and turns and surprises this book is difficult to put down as it races towards its surprising conclusion. Exciting and propulsive, this book is a great read. Highly recommended.
This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Kill For Me, Kill for You, asks: What if the witness was more twisted than the killer?Something is wrong with Ruby Johnson.A former resident of the ultra-elite Manhattan upper class, Ruby now works as a maid in the type of houses she used to live in. Unassuming, she sees everyone’s dirty secrets from the inside of their beautiful, renovated brownstones. But when Ruby witnesses a murder, she has wicked plans in mind that don’t involve telling the authorities the truth.Eddie Flynn, streetwise ex con-artist-turned-defense attorney, is the only lawyer in New York City willing to take on hopeless cases. And none is more hopeless than John Jackson’s—the gun that killed his neighbor found, with Jackson’s DNA, in his own home. Flynn and his unconventional team will need to use every trick they know to keep an innocent man from being locked up. But to save his client’s life, Eddie must first protect his own, as the scariest organized criminals in the city are out for his head.
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