The Keeper

A Novel

De: Tana French

Narrado por: Roger Clark

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Oprah Daily, Today, BookPage, Goodreads, and more

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 fiancée 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.

Desperately needs post-recording production work!

The narrator's voice goes from barely audible to ear-blasting. That is audio production issue. The same narrator did the first two books in the series and this wild volume control was not an issue in either.

I am on chapter 7, I slowed the speed down to about 85% so that the sudden volume bursts did not sound like I was being yelled at by a psychotic Irish evangelical preacher.

I'll read anything Tana French writes

The narration was good, I just felt the voice was loud and I had trouble slipping into the story. I ended up reading the physical book. it was purely a preference thing though. He did a good with varying the accents and the vocal quality for each character was distinct and appropriate, it just didnt jam well with me.

I am sad to say goodbye to Ardnakelty and all the characters that live there. Tana French has a way of writing that makes you know a character so well that you love them, even if you don't like them. I rarely agree with anything that they do, but I treasure the time I get to spend with them anyway.

The Keeper is a complicated, delicate tale filled with beautiful prose and detailed characters. The story took awhile to get started but from the previous two novels I knew the cast and was happy to hang out in the pub with them until all the ground work was laid.

Once it does get rolling, the pacing did feel a bit bumpy, but there was always a thread of tension that wouldn't let me put the book down.

I'll be waiting for the next Tana French book. I'm excited about the new world that she will create, even as I still long to go back to the Dublin Murder Squad, and will now add Ardnakelty to the list of literary places I will dream of returning to.