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Father Anselm Novels, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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- Paperback Oct 11, 2016 | 9780349000398 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jun 30, 2015 | 9780349000367 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown
- Paperback Oct 11, 2016 | 9780349000398 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jun 30, 2015 | 9780349000367 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 2, 2015 | 9780748133925 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 2, 2015 | 9781405532204 | RRP $33.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown
- Paperback Oct 11, 2016 | 9780349000398 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jun 30, 2015 | 9780349000367 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 2, 2015 | 9780748133925 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 2, 2015 | 9781405532204 | RRP $33.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Oct 11, 2016 | 9780349000398 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jun 30, 2015 | 9780349000367 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 2, 2015 | 9780748133925 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jul 2, 2015 | 9781405532204 | RRP $33.99 Buy Now
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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.
'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. This is your way - our way - of making a difference.'
With this challenge from Father Edmund Littlemore, Anselm returns to the Old Bailey. The man in the dock is Littlemore himself. He is charged with grave offences against Harry Brandwell who, it seems, is both a victim and a liar. But he's the only link to these others who've chosen silence over their right to justice.
Unknown to Anselm, Robert Sambourne, a journalist, has been investigating Littlemore's background. And he's a man with a troubled past, always on the move, from Boston in the USA to Freetown in Sierra Leone, finally running from a London police station rather than explain himself. More disturbingly, Robert uncovers details of a carefully planned scheme to entice Anselm back into court, exploiting his reputation for honesty to secure a shock acquittal.
Meanwhile Harry Brandwell - abused, abandoned and betrayed - has decided to take matters into his own hands.
The Silent Ones examines the one crime that Church, State and Family thought they could hide in their own best interests; Anselm's return is a compelling novel about the anatomy of silence, the courage of victims and the redemptive power of public justice.
More books by William Brodrick
William Brodrick
William Brodrick was born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1960. Aged ten the family moved first to Australia and then Canada. He studied philosophy, theology and law, worked with homeless people in London, and then became a barrister, joining a set of chambers in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
He is the author of six Father Anselm novels. The Sixth Lamentation, was a Richard and Judy Book Club Selection, A Whispered Name won the CWA Gold Dagger for 2009 and The Day of the Lie received the Granice Crime Fiction Award at the Krakow Book Fair in 2012. Forced Confessions, the third book in the Benson and de Vere series, was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger in 2021. He is married with three children. The family live in Normandy, France.
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