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The Silent Ones

Father Anselm #6

William Brodrick

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English
Little Brown
30 June 2015
'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 to fight the most difficult and troubling case of his life.  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 Saunders, 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.

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Imprint:   Little Brown
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Height: 163mm,  Width: 233mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   404g
ISBN:   9780349000367
ISBN 10:   0349000360
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

William Brodrick was an Augustinian friar before leaving the order to become a practising barrister. His previous novels are The Sixth Lamentation, Gardens of the Dead, A Whispered Name, which won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Best Novel of the Year and The Day of the Lie.

Reviews for The Silent Ones: Father Anselm #6

Secrets and lies by omission play out amid expertly executed plot lines and deeply thought-provoking situations . . . Sophisticated prose elevates this timely, painful tale * Publishers Weekly * Another masterpiece * The Lady *


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