"I saw my neighbor murder his wife!"

But the police didn't believe Petra Wilson. They insisted she was mistaken. There was no body, no evidence, no murder. Petra knew what she had seen. And now her dangerous neighbor knew it, too. She needed protection, needed someone to believe her. So she turned to private investigator Joe Tarleton, expecting him to decide there was no case. But the handsome P.I. vowed to uncover the truth. Still, he couldn't guard Petra twenty-four hours a day.

Which left them both wide open to a killer intent on silencing the only living witness....