The Keeper
Published on 2. April 2026
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-0-241-82376-7 (ISBN)
Description
The gripping new mystery from the million-copy-bestselling author of In the Woods and The Hunter, perfect for fans of Jane Harper and Chris Whitaker.
'Crime fiction's biggest contemporary star' Guardian
'A masterpiece' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond
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 place like this, her death 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 fiancee 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 . . .
PRAISE FOR TANA FRENCH
'Incandescent' Stephen King
'Mesmerising' Gillian Flynn
'Masterful' Chris Whitaker
'If you haven't read Tana French yet, I really highly recommend that you do' Harlan Coben
'One of the greats of contemporary crime fiction' Ian Rankin
'Among the first rank of great literary novelists' Observer
'Crime fiction's biggest contemporary star' Guardian
'A masterpiece' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond
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 place like this, her death 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 fiancee 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 . . .
PRAISE FOR TANA FRENCH
'Incandescent' Stephen King
'Mesmerising' Gillian Flynn
'Masterful' Chris Whitaker
'If you haven't read Tana French yet, I really highly recommend that you do' Harlan Coben
'One of the greats of contemporary crime fiction' Ian Rankin
'Among the first rank of great literary novelists' Observer
Reviews / Votes
A tremendously rich and satisfying conclusion to one of the very best trilogies in crime fiction -- Sarah Hilary Crime fiction's biggest contemporary star * Guardian * Among the first rank of great literary novelists * Observer * A masterful, beautiful mystery * Chris Whitaker on THE HUNTER * If you haven't read Tana French yet, I really highly recommend that you do * Harlan Coben * The Keeper is a masterpiece . . . French's sense of place and characterisation is so authentic that I feel like I know these people and that I live among them. Above all, it reads like an elegy for a way of life that we may lose, if we don't take care of it -- Liz NugentMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
718 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-82376-7 (9780241823767)
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Tana French is the Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling author of In the Woods, The Likeness, Faithful Place, Broken Harbour, The Secret Place, The Trespasser and The Wych Elm. Her books have won awards including the Edgar, Anthony, Barry and Macavity awards, the LA Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the Irish Book Award for Best Crime Fiction. She grew up in Ireland, Italy, the US and Malawi, and trained as an actor at Trinity College Dublin. She lives in Dublin with her family.