Roughly one significant crime is committed in the US every three seconds, so it's not unlikely to find yourself witnessing one.
Jack Reacher is minding his own business in a town in Maine when he sees a youth snatching a woman's bag and, like a good citizen, steps in to stop him. Politely invited by the cops to act as a witness, will Reacher be treated as the perfect patsy for a crime he didn't commit? Too Much Time is a novella in which Jack Reacher, a hero of no fixed abode, finds himself on the wrong side of the law.