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Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger 2009

A compelling novel that revolves around the complexities and moral ambiguities of war. This is the third novel in the highly successful Father Anselm mystery series - from bestselling Richard and Judy author.

'To keep quiet about something so important... well, it's almost a lie, wouldn't you say?'

When Father Anselm meets Kate Seymour in the cemetery at Larkwood, he is dismayed to hear her allegation. Herbert Moore had been one of the founding fathers of the Priory, revered by all who met him, a man who'd shaped Anselm's own vocation. The idea that someone could look on his grave and speak of a lie is inconceivable. But Anselm soon learns that Herbert did indeed have secrets in his past that he kept hidden all his life.

In 1917, during the terrible slaughter of the Passchendaele campaign, a soldier faced a court martial for desertion. Herbert, charged with a responsibility that would change the course of his life, sat upon the panel that judged him. In coming to understand the court martial, Anselm discovers its true significance: a secret victory that transformed the young Captain Moore and shone a light upon the horror of war.

About The Author

William Brodrick trained as an Augustinian friar for five and a half years. He served his novitiate in Ireland, then worked in a London parish and took degrees in philosophy and theology at Heythrop College. He left the Order just before he was due to take his final vows to work with the homeless in London before deciding to train as a barrister. He practiced as a barrister for ten years, before writing his first book, The 6th Lamentation. William Brodrick is married with three children, and lives in France.

Reviews and Press Quotes

Daily Mail

“The legions of crime fans delighted by Father Anslem will welcome his return.”

Sunday Times

“This is a remarkable novel, and puts Brodrick in the frame for prize-winning.”

The Guardian

“For some inexplicable reason, considering my preference for quirky sleuths, I've missed out on Brodrick's Father Anselm books. He's a barrister-turned-monk who is regularly given special dispensation to break his vow of ­silence and leave his Suffolk cloisters to solve some mystery that has the usual gumshoes baffled. Here Anselm has to dig deep into first world war archives to find out if his late mentor, Fr Herbert Moore, and the two other officers who court-­martialled Private Joseph Flanagan in 1917 and sentenced him to death for desertion, were guilty of a terrible miscarriage of justice. Compellingly read and, as Great War books go, a worthy successor to Jennifer Johnston, Pat Barker and Sebastian Faulks.”

The Irish Times

“He has succeeded in telling a passionately human story about a most inhuman moment in history.”

Time Out

“A moving account of human sacrifice and heroism.”

Time Out

“Brodrick keeps the story going at a cracking pace, flitting back and forth between its various elements, characters and eras with timing so expert the reader is compelled to keep turning the pages.”

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• Violence: Mild

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