The Gate Keeper
- Authors: Charles Todd
- Series: Book 20 in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series
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- Release Date: February 6, 2018
- Print length: 320 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
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, Ian Rutledge drives around aimlessly, troubled by the past, and almost hits a car stopped in the middle of a deserted road. A woman with blood on her hands and a dead man at her feet stands next to the vehicle.
She claims she didn’t murder Stephen Wentworth. A stranger emerged in front of their car, shot once, and disappeared into the night. However, there are no clues about him. The shocked woman insists that the incident happened so fast that she couldn’t see the man’s face.
Though just a witness, Rutledge convinces the Yard to assign him the case since he is present at the scene. The question is: is he pursuing justice or escaping painful memories in London?
Wentworth was well-liked, yet his hostile family portray him as a villain, accusing him of being a killer. But who did Wentworth murder? Is his demise payback? Or is his companion lying? Wolf Pit, his village, has a dark past: it was where the last wolf in England was slain during Medieval times. With a second suspicious death occurring, the evidence implies that a dangerous predator is roaming free, and death is closer than Rutledge imagines.
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