The Water Keeper

 Charles Martin wrote The Water Keeper. This story takes place in Florida. There is a guy named Murph who lives near an old slave church on an island in the Florida Intercoastal Waterway. He maintains the church and the citrus grove in exchange for free rent. A young girl named Angel comes to the church to use the bathroom. She had come off of a party boat. On this boat are young women, older men, loud music, and lots of drugs and alcohol. Angel talks to Murph and assumes he is the padre at the church. He offers her the chance to avoid going back on the boat but she doesn't want that. She does give him her phone number. As it turns out, Murph's purpose in life is to save girls and women from the slave trade. There are men who pick up girls and sell them to other men. Some girls are responding to ads for modeling contracts. Others are stolen from schools or dance lessons. Some are lured with parties and drugs. To find out if Murph saves Angel you will have to read this book for yourself. The story is good but the coincidences that happened are beyond belief. During the story Murph meets not only Angel but Summer, Elly, Clay, and a white lab named Gunner. I enjoyed the descriptions of the Florida coast. I would like to visit the coral reef near the Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas National Park. The story had action. At times the book felt like an episode of Mission Impossible.