Part of Lucas Davenport, book 36
First published 2026
Leonard Summers lives under an assumed name after defecting from Russian intelligence. He provided the CIA with crucial intelligence about Russian operatives embedded in the U.S. government. After a year in a secure CIA facility outside Washington, Leonard, his wife Martha, and son Bernard enter the Witness Protection Program. The Marshal Service relocates them to a Minneapolis suburb chosen to resemble their former home near Moscow. Lucas Davenport and marshal Shelly White handle the family's arrival. Russian assassins have tracked the protection detail to Minneapolis. The hit team opens fire, shattering the security of a program that has never lost a protected witness. Leonard faces becoming the first casualty in the program's history. Davenport races to identify the source of the intelligence leak while keeping the family alive. The killers remain at large, forcing Davenport into a deadly game where one mistake could destroy everything.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Russia, Moscow, United States, Washington, Minneapolis
Period: Contemporary
400 pages · Kindle Edition · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence