Review: The Water Keeper

The Water Keeper by Charles Martin
My rating: 💛💛💛💛

Charles Martin has a lyrical way with words, but also not scared to shy away from taking a difficult topic and providing enough detail to the reader to create a picture of what is going on, feel all the suspense and action and the internal struggles and feelings with the first person POV of the main character.

The author also took me by surprise with a twist or two and it was interesting but also a bit confusing how the start of the book linked and was repeated at the end of the story.

I loved Gunner the dog and Clay and Summer who was great supporting characters.

I would recommend this novel to more mature readers, due to the seriousness of the topic plus details provided to fill out the story.

I do plan to continue this series.


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About the book:

A riveting new story of heroism, heartache, and the power of love to heal all wounds.

Murphy Shepherd is a man with many secrets. He lives alone on an island, tending the grounds for 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.

With Charles Martin’s trademark lyricism and poignant prose, The Water Keeper is at once a tender love story and a heartrending search for freedom.