New York Rule #1: Don't Get Involved. Samantha Leiffer already has a self-centered, self-help guru for a mother, a cadre of off-kilter Greenwich village pals, and an ex-boyfriend that cheated on her with both sexes. She doesn't need any more grief. But when she accidentally spies two people dumping a dubious-looking ice chest into the Hudson River, she has an unsettling feeling about its contents...

New York Rule #2: Don't Make Eye Contact. But despite her better judgement and the advice of her friends, Sam sets out to unravel the mystery - and soon finds herself stalked by a sinister, shadowy figure who's wearing-one-of-a-kind mirrored contact lenses...

New York Rule #3: If You Must Break Rules #1 and #2, Get Some Help From New York's Finest. Now aided by a hard as nails homicide detective, Sam is poking into some dark and unsavory corners of the city - and finding out more than she ever wanted to know...

New York Rules #4 and #5: Don't Expect anything to be what it seems...and when necessary, fight like hell.

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