The Murphy Shepherd Starter Set: Books 1-2

The Water Keeper and The Letter Keeper

De: Charles Martin

Narrado por: Jonathan K. Riggs

Now packaged together in an exclusive audio bundle, discover the first two books in the riveting Murphy Shepherd series from New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin. Combining the heart-wrenching emotion of Nicholas Sparks with the edge-of-your-seat tension of John Grisham, The Water Keeper and The Letter Keeper explore the true power of sacrificial love to heal all wounds.

The Water Keeper

Murphy Shepherd is a man with many secrets. He lives alone on an island, tending the grounds of a church with no parishioners, and he's dedicated his life to rescuing those in peril. But as he mourns the loss of his mentor and friend, Murph himself may be more lost than he realizes.

When he pulls a beautiful woman named Summer out of Florida's Intracoastal Waterway, Murph's mission to lay his mentor to rest at the end of the world takes a dangerous turn. Drawn to Summer, and desperate to find her missing daughter, Murph is pulled deeper and deeper into the dark and dangerous world of modern-day slavery.

With help from some unexpected new friends, including a faithful Labrador he plucks from the ocean and an ex-convict named Clay, Murph must race against the clock to locate the girl before he is consumed by the secrets of his past--and the ghosts who tried to bury them.

The Letter Keeper

Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could--survivors of human trafficking. His life's mission is helping others find freedom . . . but then the nightmare strikes too close to home.

When his new wife, her daughter, and two other teenage girls are stolen, Murphy is left questioning all he has thought to be true. With more dead ends than leads, he has no idea how to find his loved ones. After everything is stripped away, love is what remains.

Hope feels lost, but Murphy is willing to expend his last breath trying to bring them home.

With Charles Martin's trademark lyricism and poignant prose, the Murphy Shepherd series is at once 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.

Want more of Murph's story? Check out the rest of The Murphy Shepherd series: Book 3: The Record Keeper, Book 4: The Keeper (coming April 2025!)

"Martin excels at writing characters who exist in the margins of life . . . Readers who enjoy flawed yet likable characters created by authors such as John Grisham and Nicholas Sparks will want to start reading Martin's fiction." --Library Journal, starred review for The Water Keeper

©2021 Charles Martin (P)2025 Thomas Nelson

AH-MAAAYYYYYYZING READ

The stories had me hooked from start to finish!!!! I cried - I moaned - I laughed - held my breath!!!!

What a story times two - now for more in to the next book

Awesome read

Awesome read I couldn’t stop listening to this book. It was just astounding. Wonderful job. Great lesson.

Plot twists throughout

I went through this series in a couple days. The storyline was equal parts inspiring and appalling. The way you reveal the worse of society while maintaining the overall theme or love and service to others is quite amazing.

A great series by Charles Martin

I really enjoy reading this author! He writes from a biblical perspective with the intrigue and thrill of a secular author without all the sex and profanity.

A heartfelt, intense, mystery in action

The second story of Murphy shepherd is thrilling and engaging. I didn’t want to stop before the bad guy was caught. Can Murph take anymore, seems like he can’t but then he does. Maybe to an extreme causing some unbelievable eye rolls but they’re worth it for the mystery that’s difficult to solve. Something every reader knows they really want. To be surprised. This installment did that in spades.