William Brodrick Libri

Elizabeth Glendinning, avvocato di successo, ha segretamente elaborato un piano per riportare in tribunale un uomo, Graham Riley, che aveva difeso con successo una decina d'anni prima. Quando Elizabeth muore inaspettatamente per un'insufficienza cardiaca, spetta al suo caro amico padre Anselm proseguire le indagini. Sono tanti i misteri che aleggiano sulla vicenda: perché dopo anni Elizabeth era ritornata su quel caso apparentemente risolto? E che cosa voleva dire alla polizia nella sua ultima telefonata? Per padre Anselm c'è solo un elemento: la chiave di una cassetta di sicurezza, il cui contenuto schiude nuovi scenari, incrocia gli indizi più diversi, come i taccuini cui un senzatetto ha affidato le proprie memorie, un'anziana donna con accento del Sud e un misterioso ritaglio di giornale sull'accidentale annegamento di un ragazzo. Una nuova indagine per il monaco detective che vanta un illustre antenato nel padre Brown di Chesterton.

A hugely moving and intelligent novel from the bestselling author of The Sixth Lamentation and The Gardens of the Dead, A Whispered Name reaches into the mysteries of one man's past and casts light on the long shadows war leaves behind.

The latest in CWA Gold dagger winner William Brodrick's much loved Father Anselm series - and Anselm faces the most difficult and troubling case of his life.

"Father Anselm, the brilliant Benedictine, receives a visit from an old friend with a dangerous story to tell - the story of a woman betrayed by time, fate, and someone close to her - someone still unknown. As a young woman, Roza Mojeska was part of an underground resistance group in Communist Poland. But after her arrest, a Stasi officer makes her a devil's bargain - and in the dark of a government prison, a terrible choice is made. Now, fifty years later, Anselm is called upon to investigate both Roza's story and a mystery dating back to the early 1980s, in the icy grip of the Cold War. And as he peels back years of history, decades of secrets, a half-century of lies, he exposes a truth that an entire generation was killed to keep hidden."--Publisher description

What should you do if the world has turned against you? When Father Anselm is asked this question by an old man at Larkwood Priory, his response, to claim sanctuary, is to have greater resonance than he could ever have imagined. For that evening the old man returns, demanding the protection of the church. His name is Eduard Schwermann and he is wanted by the police as a suspected war criminal. With her life running out, Agnes Aubret feels it is time to unburden to her granddaughter Lucy the secrets she has been carrying for so long. Fifty years earlier, Agnes had been living in Occupied Paris, a member of a small group risking their lives to smuggle Jewish children to safety - until they were exposed by a young SS Officer: Eduard Schwermann. As Anselm attempts to uncover Schwermann's past, and as Lucy's search into her grandmother's history continues, their investigations dovetail to reveal a remarkable story.

Anselm, ehemaliger Kollege der verstorbenen Strafverteidigerin Elizabeth Glendinning, erhält einen Brief von ihr, in dem sie ihn bittet, Beweise gegen einen früheren Mandanten zu sammeln. Es geht um einen Fall, in dem sie gemeinsam einen Mann namens Riley verteidigten, der obdachlose Mädchen zur Prostitution gezwungen haben soll. Anselm beginnt, die Hintergründe zu verstehen.

Eine junge Frau bringt Unruhe ins Kloster Larkwood, da der Gründer Pater Herbert an der Hinrichtung eines Unschuldigen während des Ersten Weltkriegs beteiligt gewesen sein soll. Pater Anselm ermittelt und entdeckt Ungereimtheiten, während die Klosterbrüder mit den moralischen Konsequenzen konfrontiert werden.