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Thriller · 2022 · PG-13

What Happened to the Bennetts

by Lisa Scottoline

A family survives a road-rage attack — then the FBI asks them to disappear and say nothing

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,

For14+GenreThrillerLength352 pagesRead time~9 hours

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Violence

A lot

Road rage attack; murder; FBI witness protection thriller; moderate to intense violence

Language

Some

Moderate language

Sexual Content

Barely any

No significant sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

Minimal substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Strong psychological intensity; grief over a child's death; institutional threat; father protecting family

What this book is about

When the Bennett family is attacked on a dark road by criminals, the encounter ends in tragedy. Then the FBI arrives with an extraordinary request: go into witness protection and don't ask questions. But the father cannot let go of what he saw — and his refusal to comply puts his surviving family at mortal risk. A propulsive standalone thriller about family, grief, and what a parent will do to protect what remains.

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Murder

Child death

Witness protection

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