"Stone Barrington is back in the extraordinary new adventure from New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington seems to have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When Manhattan's elite are beset by a series of clever crimes-and Stone is a material witness-he and his former partner Dino Bacchetti find themselves drawn into the world of high-end security and fraud, where insider knowledge and access are limited...

Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington defends a mysterious former love charged with murder.

On the Thanksgiving morning in New York City, Fritz Malone witnesses a shooting and chases the gunman. The police stop him and deliver him to the police commissioner, who informs Fritz that someone dubbed "Nightmare" has been taunting the city's leaders for weeks, warning of an imminent attack on the citizenry.