USA TODAY Bestseller | ECPA Bestseller With heart-stopping clarity, New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin continues to combine the heart-wrenching emotion of Nicholas Sparks with the edge-of-your-seat tension of John Grisham in this third book in the Murphy Shepherd series--exploring the true cost of leaving the ninety-nine to find the one. Murphy Shepherd's last rescue mission very nearly cost him his life. He'd like nothing more than to stay close to his wife and daughters for a while. But Bones's nemesis must be stopped, and there are so many who still need to know they are worth rescuing. As the cat-and-mouse game moves into the open, Murphy is tested at every turn--both physically and mentally. Then the unthinkable happens: his beloved mentor and friend is taken. Gone without a trace. Murphy lives by the mantra that love always shows up. But how can he rescue Bones when he has no leads? With Charles Martin's trademark lyricism and poignant prose, the Murphy Shepherd series is at once a tender love story, a heartrending search for freedom, an exploration of the terrible cost of human trafficking, and an anthem to the power of love to create change when it shows up regardless of the cost. The Murphy Shepherd series: Book 1: The Water Keeper, Book 2: The Letter Keeper, Book 3: The Record Keeper, Book 4: The Keeper (coming April 2025!)

チャールズ・マーティンが描く本作は、人身売買という残酷な現実に「無償の愛」という光を当てる、魂を揺さぶる一冊です。グリシャムの緊張感とスパークスの抒情性を融合させた筆致は、単なるサスペンスを超え、一人のために全てを賭す自己犠牲の尊さを描き出します。 愛とは感情ではなく、いかなる対価を払っても「そこに現れる」という行動そのものである。この信念が、満身創痍の主人公の姿を通して、読む者の心に深く突き刺さります。忘れ去られた命の名を刻み続ける「記録者」の闘いは、絶望の中でこそ輝く人間の気高さを証明しており、ページをめくる手が止まらないほどの情熱と希望に満ちています。