The Keeper: A Novel

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Best Book of the Year (So Far) From the iconic crime writer who ¡°inspires cultic devotion in readers¡± (The New Yorker) and has been called ¡°incandescent¡± by Stephen King,comes the third and final book in the million-copy-bestselling Cal Hooper trilogy.On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she¡¯s dead in the river.In a close-knit small town, a death like this isn¡¯t simple. It comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the townland in two. Retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper has friends here now, and he owes them loyalty, but his fianc¨¦e Lena wants nothing to do with Ardnakelty¡¯s tangles. As the feud becomes more vicious, their settled peace starts to crack apart. And when they uncover a scheme that casts a new light on Rachel¡¯s death and threatens the whole village, they find themselves in the firing line.¡°One of the greatest crime novelists writing today¡± (Vox) crafts a masterwork of atmospheric suspense that brings the story of one of her most beloved characters to a spellbinding conclusion.