The Gate Keeper

An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery

By: Charles Todd

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

On a deserted road, late at night, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge encounters a frightened woman standing over a body, launching an inquiry that leads him into the lair of a stealthy killer and the dangerous recesses of his own memories in this twentieth installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series.

Hours after his sister’s wedding, a restless Ian Rutledge drives aimlessly, haunted by the past, and narrowly misses a motorcar stopped in the middle of a desolate road. Standing beside the vehicle is a woman with blood on her hands and a dead man at her feet.

She swears she didn’t kill Stephen Wentworth. A stranger stepped out in front of their motorcar, and without warning, fired a single shot before vanishing into the night. But there is no trace of him. And the shaken woman insists it all happened so quickly, she never saw the man’s face.

Although he is a witness after the fact, Rutledge persuades the Yard to give him the inquiry, since he’s on the scene. But is he seeking justice—or fleeing painful memories in London?

Wentworth was well-liked, yet his bitter family paint a malevolent portrait, calling him a murderer. But who did Wentworth kill? Is his death retribution? Or has his companion lied? Wolf Pit, his village, has a notorious history: in Medieval times, the last wolf in England was killed there. When a second suspicious death occurs, the evidence suggests that a dangerous predator is on the loose, and that death is closer than Rutledge knows.

New Favorite Series

I have read 4 in the series so far and not in order. it didn't really matter. loved every one so far.

Theis Series only gets better with age

Thoughtfully intriguing, historically cogent, and psychologically engaging this Rutledge novel embraces the reader from beginning to end. The narrator is one of the best That I have encountered on Audible

brilliant

kept you on the edge of your seat almost till the end a real mystery.

an interesting story and good performance

Another well-written stories in the series, the performance was good. Lots of twists and turns with some unlikely villains in the end. Shows the sheer viciousness of some people. Has the return of several interesting characters, and maybe the foreshadowing of something else.

Great

This is a new author for me. Story was good and will look for more titles from this author