Victims: A Novel

There were plenty of witnesses, but none of them called for help

In Queens, in the middle of a brightly lit street, a woman is savagely stabbed to death as people watch from their windows. The victim, Anna Grace, was a nurse devoted to helping others. But no one tried to help her on the last night of her life, even as she screams. No one called 911, until a passing bus driver saw her crumpled at the foot of a lamppost.

Homicide cop Miranda Torres is shocked by these callous witnesses, an...