William Brodrick

Stories of wartime France, present-day England, a Nazi criminal, and a dying woman intersect in this elegant literary thriller.

Elizabeth Glendinning QC has lost faith in the legal system to which she has given her life. In an attempt to restore it, she has secretly devised a scheme to bring a guilty man back to court....

Father Anselm receives a visit from an old friend with a dangerous story to tell - the story of a woman betrayed by someone close to her....

An anonymous letter sent to Larkwood's Prior accuses Peter Henderson, an academic celebrity renowned for daring ideas...

What should you do if the world has turned against you? Father Anselm is asked this question by an old man named Eduard Schwermann, who is wanted by the police as a suspected war criminal....

Edward Schwermann is accused of Nazi war crimes: the chances are he's stained with blood, but politics demand that Larkwood Monastery shelter him....

All you have to do is find out why Harry is prepared to blame an innocent man. That's the thread. Follow it. You'll reach the Silent Ones....

Father Anslem is brought back to his own past at the Bar, and someone else's secrets....