What Happened to the Bennetts

I read What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline for my book club with my mom and her friends. The book description says, "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."

This was a good read. It was definitely an engaging story where I wanted to keep reading, and there were some unexpected twists along the way. I liked how the author pulled in side characters (like the truck drivers), and I liked that the story concluded well. The writing style was different than I was used to--kinda a casual first person that seemed a little off to me at times (like Jason describing really terrible things sometimes couldn't come across as heavy as it really was). The book made me super interested in the witness protection program and how that would work in situations like this. Fun read.

* * (2/3 = Liked it)