The Keeper

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times,The Washington PostTimeOprah DailyTodayBookPageand Goodreads From the iconic crime writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen King“absolutely mesmerizing” by Gillian Flynnand “unputdownable” (People)comes the third and final book in the million-copy-bestselling Cal Hooper trilogy. On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakeltya girl goes missing. Sweetloving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Insteadshe’s dead in the river. In a close-knit small towna death like this isn’t simple. It comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power strugglesand it splits the townland in two. Retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper has friends here nowand he owes them loyaltybut his fiancée Lena wants nothing to do with Ardnakelty’s tangles. As the feud becomes more vicioustheir 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 villagethey 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.