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What Happened to the Bennetts

Written by: Lisa Scottoline
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Publisher's Summary

From #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a pulse-pounding new novel.

Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same.
Now you have to choose between law…and justice.

Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a dark stretch of road. Suddenly two men jump from the pickup and pull guns on Jason, demanding the car. A horrific flash of violence changes his life forever.

Later that awful night, Jason and his family receive a visit from the FBI. The agents tell them that the carjackers were members of a dangerous drug-trafficking organization—and now Jason and his family are in their crosshairs.

The agents advise the Bennetts to enter the witness protection program right away, and they have no choice but to agree. But WITSEC was designed to protect criminal informants, not law-abiding families. Taken from all they know, trapped in an unfamiliar life, the Bennetts begin to fall apart at the seams. Then Jason learns a shocking truth and realizes that he has to take matters into his own hands.

Sometimes justice is a one-man show.

©2022 Lisa Scottoline (P)2022 Penguin Audio

What the critics say

**One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2022**

"Scottoline just keeps ratcheting up the pressure in what may be her most emotionally intense nail-biter to date.”—People

"Just might be the best book Scottoline has ever written, a masterpiece of misdirection, where nothing is as it seems, and a scorching character study of a man at the end of his rope who's not about to go down without a fight."—Providence Journal

“Explosive new complications in the most relentless of all her mysteries. A high-octane thriller whose hero is tossed into one impossible situation after another. Best started early in the morning.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Slow start, explosive finish

I was starting to lose interest when the storyline really picked up and it was go, go, go from there. Very happy with the middle and end, so yes, I'd recommend it. Maybe a little more editing in the beginning to get to the story a bit sooner. Excellent performance. Love this narrator!

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Very good listen!

Lisa Scottoline is an amazing writer and I enjoy her novels immensely. I found it a little bit difficult to immerse myself in this story at the beginning since I didn't really like the characters. By part two, I was enjoying the book a lot more and was eagerly listening. Not my favourite Scottoline book, but still a very good listen.

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What happened to the Bennett’s

I loved this book. I was laughing and crying. Was into the book right from the start.

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Great book

Loved this book. It had twists and turns, but also had emotion. Easy to follow loved the characters.

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Starts as one type, changes to another

I really enjoyed this book. But it started as a family drama, about the aftermath of losing a child and starting over in the Witness Protection Program - and then suddenly changed to an action adventure. It wasn't a bad thing, but it seemed abrupt, and I was kind of sad to divert from the original story! I still recommend it, though.

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Worth Listening Too..

I generally don’t leave reviews. This book definitely kept me to wanting to listen more.

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storyline was unbelievable

Couldn't finish it and that never happens to me. Waste of time and so disappointing.

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Good Storyline but...

I can't believe how irritating this family is - unimaginable loss, stakes are so high for their safety and the mother focuses on social media and getting in contact with friends and neighbors. Dad impedes investigation by pushing investigators and not complying. Good story but couldn't finish - family's dynamics are to irritating

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