The Keeper

De: Charles Martin

Narrado por: Jonathan K. Riggs

USA TODAY and ECPA bestselling series

Combine James Patterson and Colleen Hoover and you'll start to understand why readers are riveted by the Murphy Shepherd series from New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin: gripping action, heart-wrenching emotion, and deep questions that deserve to be considered.

Bones--Murphy Shepherd's teacher, mentor, priest, and friend--is gone. Devastated by the loss and unsure how to continue the rescue work they started, Murph has no choice but to jump back in when the worst happens. His longtime friend and current United States vice president, Aaron Ashley, has been a silent partner in the fight against trafficking. But in spite of having the best security available, his three daughters have been taken bound and blindfolded from their home by an extraction team that left no clues and no trace--just an empty house, a bereft mother, and nine dead Secret Service agents. Only Murph and his team have a hope of finding them.

Bones may have made the ultimate sacrifice by taking down his own brother and the dark network he led, but there are still others in this network where evil is the currency and power is the prize. Soon Ashley drops out of the presidential race and a new candidate emerges--someone who is ready, too ready, to step into the race and the Oval Office.

Bones taught Murph that the needs of the one, the lost one, outweigh those of the ninety-nine. In his first rescue without Bones beside him, Murph's fight against human trafficking takes him across the globe and through the halls of government to destroy the network and save the lives and souls of those taken.

The Murphy Shepherd series is simultaneously a tender love story, a heartrending search for freedom, an exploration of the terrible cost of human trafficking, and an anthem to the power of love to create change when it shows up regardless of the cost. The Keeper raises the stakes even further, so be ready--you won't want to put it down until you reach the very last page.

The Murphy Shepherd series: Book 1 The Water Keeper, Book 2 The Letter Keeper, Book 3 The Record Keeper, Book 4 The Keeper (coming April 2025!)

First — but not last…

…Charles Martin for me. Found this number four of this particular series on Audible, read synopsis, reviews…and voila, a new author horizon to explore! Though I’d not read the other three before The Keeper, there were plenty of overlaps and reviews so I could happily read it as a stand alone novel. Some laughter, some tears, plenty of super-interesting, unusual chapters with a generous number of listening hours, which I always appreciate — IF the book is good, which this certainly is! Great characters, timely, unusual themes, excitement all peopled with some truly despicable bad guys and plenty of upright, courageous men and women sorting out Truth, Goodness, Honesty from evil, selfishness & debased, darkest actions. For me, there was one chapter that was poor: in my opinion, the matrimonial scene went on far too long, in far too much detail, word for word then wrapping back again on itself, reiterating! So, rather than strong, tender and holy as I’m quite sure the author wanted to convey, this long interlude was belabored and weakened — becoming rather a squirmy situation, such as when a pastor doesn’t know when the message has been delivered!

Left room for another

Fourth in the Keeper series, Charles Martin writes again of the desire to leave the ninety-nine and try to save the one. Although Christ is never mentioned, Martin again uses the Biblical quote as the basis of saving exploited girls (and boys) from sexual slavery.
Martin has left the door open for another book in this series. Although The Keeper gives a lot of background, be sure to read the series in order to get the full effect

Wordy

I have enjoyed all this books but this book just seemed to use too many words to tell the story.

Charles Martin delivered again!

Characters you fall in love with, a plot that breaks your heart and makes you not want to put the book down!

David Bishop bring Murphy Shepherd home!!

I LOVE ALL THESE BOOK. I can’t get enough! I am a huge fan. I think what I love most is the way real life and real faith is the foundation.