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  • Location: Ardnakelty (fictional) West Ireland

The Keeper

The Keeper

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2026: On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing.

  • ISBN: 978-0241823767
  • Genre: Crime

What you need to know before your trail

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 fiancée 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 . .

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Ardnakelty

Tana French intentionally leaves the geographical location broad to build a sense of deep, timeless isolation. However, she plants several contextual clues across the trilogy to establish its vague placement.

There is no village of this name in the real Ireland.

 

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Destination/location: Fictional Ardnakelty West Ireland Author/guide: Tana French  Departure Time: 2026

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