First published 2022
Jason Bennett runs a court reporting business and lives a quiet suburban life until one night changes everything. After his daughter's lacrosse game, he drives his family home on a dark road when a pickup truck starts following them. Two armed men force them from their car in a violent carjacking that shatters their sense of security. The FBI arrives later that night with devastating news. The carjackers belong to a drug trafficking organization that now considers the Bennett family a threat. The agents insist the family enter witness protection immediately. The Bennetts agree, but WITSEC proves ill suited for innocent families rather than criminal informants. Cut off from their former lives and struggling in an alien environment, the family begins to fracture. When Jason discovers a disturbing truth about their situation, he realizes the system cannot protect them. He must decide whether to follow the law or pursue justice on his own terms.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, action, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family, unreliable-narrator
391 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence