Hal Chase, a Deputy Sheriff who works at the San Francisco jail, goes to pick up his brother-in-law from the airport. When he returns Katie, his wife, is missing. As the police begin to investigate, Hal realizes that he is becoming a person of interest, and his best bet is to get a lawyer. Dismas Hardy is not only one of the best defense attorneys around but his wife also happened to be Hal's wives therapist and that makes Dismas want the case.

Things begin to look bad for Hal and Dismas hires retired homicide cop Abe Glitsky to look into the case. As Abe begins his investigation he can't help but think what all homicide cops initially think; it's the husband who did it. That's not what he is being paid to think, so he must investigate further. As Abe digs deeper he finds that a series of deaths at the jail where Hal works may be involved in Katie's disappearance. People close to the case begin dying, and now the case must be solved before it is too late for his client and maybe him.

THE KEEPER by John Lescroart is a mile-a-minute thriller with great twists and turns throughout the book. The depth of the corruption is shocking, and you don't see the ending until right before it happens. THE KEEPER is another example of how John Lescroart is skilled at writing thrillers and creating crimes that shock.