Still of the Night

Just divorced Sam Rice is a sympathetic New York based psychiatrist, following in the footsteps of his psychiatrist mother, Grace Rice. One of Sam's patients, George Bynum, who works in antiquities at Crispins Auction House, is found stabbed to death. Sam is questioned by homicide detective Joseph Vitucci, who believes Sam may have pertinent information among his therapy transcripts with Bynum - information which Sam does not divulge to Vitucci - and may also be eventually targeted by the murderer if he believes the same. Sam is also visited by Brooke Reynolds, Bynum's assistant at Crispins who reveals herself as Bynum's mistress. She wants Sam to return Bynum's watch to his wife, who she believes does not know about her. There seems to be an emerging mutual attraction between Sam and Brooke. In analyzing his transcripts along with Grace, Sam tries to piece together who may have killed Bynum. Along with Brooke's increasingly suspicious behavior, Sam suspects Brooke may not only be the person Bynum mentioned in a session as having previously killed someone, but may be Bynum's murderer and thus after him now. Sam has to reconcile these two sides of his thoughts toward Brooke, which, if she is indeed the murderer, could mean his life.