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.
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 *