A family disappears, their house and his business burn to the ground, her business is robbed. What Happened to the Bennetts seeks to discover the answers in a powerful, twisty thriller from Lisa Scottoline.
The Bennett family includes Jason, his wife Lucinda,
and their children. What no one knows but the FBI is that one night on a dark
road, the family is at first dangerously tailgated then carjacked, leaving two
people dead.
The FBI swoops in to persuade who is left of the family
to go into witness protection as the carjackers are part of a deadly drug
dealing gang as they are witnesses to the murders.. The remaining Bennetts are propelled
into a life they do not know or understand, and they start coming undone as
they withdraw from the life they once knew. When one of them learns a further
truth behind the crime and goes rogue to bring about justice, even more lives
are put at risk as the tenseness of the novel escalates.
Will the remaining Bennetts survive? Who is thwarting
them at every turn? How will the murderer be brought to justice when a crime
boss, a dirty cop, a self-serving lawyer, and a scheming politician keep
getting in the way? This fast-paced novel will have readers up all night until
they learn how everything shakes out.
Lisa Scottoline has written more than two dozen novels
as well as a couple of nonfiction books with her daughter. Last year, she tried
her hand at historical fiction with Eternal, which was well received. She also
writes a weekly column for the Philadelphia Inquirer titled “Chick Wit.” She
lives in Philadelphia with her horses, numerous dogs and cats, and a life-size
cutout of Bradley Cooper.
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