Lila is fascinated by other people's lives. As a house-sitter, she loves looking after the glamorous, sophisticated homes she could never afford. And as a writer, she enjoys watching the world go by, dreaming up stories for the people she sees from her window. But then one day she witnesses a brutal and shocking murder of a young woman living across the street in New York. And now, because of what she saw, Lila's own life is in immediate danger from an audacious, single-minded assassin who kills for profit and for pleasure. Lila will never watch from the sidelines again...