A disgraced intel officer anxious to redeem herself after a disastrous mission, January Holte vows to uncover the identity of a traitor who is selling her agency’s secrets. The few clues she’s found have led her to a sleepy river town: Lethey, Texas, and to the one man who might know the truth.
July Whitlock, a rookie bodyguard, searches for his one and only client, who has suddenly disappeared. He follows a trail to Lethey to find his missing protectee, Bill Connors. But Bill’s friends and enemies in Lethey have secrets of their own. And as January and July ask questions no one wants to answer, they find a tangled web of murder, greed, and ambition—one that will kill anyone who tries to unravel its mysteries.
January and July by Jeff Abbott will be published July 7, 2026. Blackstone Publishing provided an early galley for review.
This novel starts out presenting two flawed protagonists, bringing them eventually together by the end of the first half through a common connection. Abbott does a lot of worldbuilding on multiple levels, from an international operatives organization to a robust Texas community.
Given all of that, I found myself really unable to hook into this one. It may have been the layering or the pacing or just a lot of characters to keep tabs on. I may have to tryto revisit again.
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