January and July

January and July is a standalone spy thriller by Jeff Abbott, the author of the Sam Capra series. The title sounds like a date, but January and July are actually the two people who are after the same missing man. January Holte is a disgraced intelligence officer who desperately wants to to redeem herself after a mission went badly wrong. She wants to find the traitor selling agency secrets, and got a few clues that have taken her to Lethey, Texas, and to Bill Connors. July Whitlock is a rookie bodyguard had a single client who has suddenly vanished. That client is also Bill Connors. Once January and July start asking questions in Lethey, they run into people who clearly know more than they want to say. And the closer they get to Bill, the more dangerous the town becomes to both of them.

January and July by Jeff Abbott is a standalone spy thriller novel where the title is not related to seasons but to the names of two people who are looking for the very same person. One to protect him while the other to get much needed information.

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 Bill Connors, 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 too 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.

A standalone spy thriller – see all Jeff Abbott books on the Jeff Abbott Books in Order page.