{"product_id":"the-gate-keeper-9780062678720","title":"The Gate Keeper","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charles Todd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the end of the Great War, Inspector Ian Rutledge has fought to keep memories of the trenches at bay. Unable to sleep after his sister's wedding, he takes a short drive. Hours later he's far from London. The war, which he's kept rigorously in check all day, overwhelms him, and he has only a vague impression of the road unwinding before him. He's jolted out of his nightmare when his headlamps suddenly pick out a motorcar stopped in the middle of the road, and he narrowly misses it. Standing next to the vehicle is a woman, with blood on her hands and a dead man at her feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe swears she didn't kill Stephen Wentworth, telling Rutledge that a stranger stepped in front of their motorcar and without warning fired a single shot before vanishing. Rutledge persuades the Yard to give him the inquiry, but even he isn't sure whether he's seeking justice--or fleeing the emptiness that awaits him back in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProbing the victim's background, the Inspector uncovers conflicting views of the dead man. Wentworth appears to have been well liked by most people, yet his bitter family calls Wentworth a murderer. But who, exactly, did Wentworth kill? Is his death retribution for that crime? Or has his dinner partner lied?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a second suspicious death occurs, the evidence suggests a dangerous predator on the loose, carefully stalking his victims. \u003cem\u003eBut where is he?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354985652375,"sku":"9780062678720","price":1469.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780062678720.webp?v=1767105562","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-gate-keeper-9780062678720","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}