The witness

Nora Roberts - the world's greatest storyteller. Abigail Lowery has a dark and terrifying secret. Aged just sixteen, she witnessed a shocking mafia murder.

Narrowly escaping with her life, she was forced to leave her old identity - even her real name - behind for good.

Fifteen years later Abigail is still hiding from the world - a semi-recluse in the quiet, rural town of Bickford, Arkansas.

She has convinced herself that this is all she needs: peace, safety...and her faithful guard dog Bert.

Perhaps now, at last, she can stop running. But Brooks Gleason, the local chief of police, has other ideas.

Abigail intrigues him - and he'd like nothing better than to break through the walls she has built around herself.

His persistence and determination to uncover the truth is unsettling, exciting - and dangerous.

One way or another, it will change both their lives for ever.