This is the 8th book in the Eddie Flynn series, but if you haven’t read any of the others, you can still read this one as a stand alone and not be confused on what’s going on.

Ruby Johnson who is a nanny/maid for the family of John Jackson, witnesses a murder in an elite neighborhood in Manhattan where she used to live but now works in. While everyone who is anyone in the neighborhood is at a party, Ruby who is not invited to join in, witnesses one of the party goers make a quick visit to do the deed before returning to the party and disposing of the weapon or so they thought. Instead of telling the police who she witness doing it, she ends up lying about it and John Jackson finds himself the number one suspect when the gun with his DNA is found at his home.  The thing is, John didn’t do it and Eddie Flynn takes on this, what appears to be a hopeless case. 

I loved this story. It was nonstop fast paced action that would play out so well as a movie. Eddie Flynn is an ex-con artist turned lawyer, so he uses some of his tricks from his past days to help with the case, and although they are very clever, he also makes enemies with a hit out for him that he has to try to avoid while working on this case. One of the hitman, Mr. Christmas made me think of the actor Michele Morrone. The mannerisms and way he talked, I envisioned him the whole time. Steve Cavanagh has a way with words, and I honestly couldn’t put this book down. I practically inhaled this story to know how John Jackson’s case would get resolved, how Eddie Flynn would survive being taken out, and why Ruby Johnson lied, which again were all very clever.  There are many characters including part of the team helping Eddie Flynn with the case, the family Ruby works for, and some of the neighbors, but I found it all really easy to follow along.