Daughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth finally permit loose one evening, drinking too much in a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian highlight to lure her to a residence on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed transformed her lifestyle forever.

Twelve years later on, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone within the outskirts of a little town in the Ozarks. A freelance programmer, she functions at home designing sophisticated protection about The Witness systems. Her personal security can be supplemented by a brutal dog and a variety of firearms. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing at all.

Unfortunately, that appears to be the quickest method to get attention in a tiny southern town.

The mystery of Abigail Lowery intrigues regional police chief Brooks Gleason, on both an individual and a professional level. Her razor-sharp, logical brain, her secretive nature, her unromantic viewpoints leave him fascinated but disappointed. He suspects that Abigail needs security from something, actually if he doesn’t know what-and that her elaborate defenses hide a tale that must be revealed.

Accustomed to two-bit troublemakers, Gleason is going to walk into the sights of very effective and dangerous men. And Abigail Lowery, who has generated a life based on security and self-control, is at risk of losing both.