William Brodrick

A Father Anselm Mystery

1 - The 6th Lamentation (Mar-2003)
2 - The Gardens of the Dead (Sep-2006)
3 - A Whispered Name (May-2008)
4 - The Discourtesy of Death (Nov-2013)
5 - The Day of the Lie (Apr-2017)

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  The 6th Lamentation
  

  • Mar-2003
  • / Suspense
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  A Father Anselm Mystery - 1
  

  Based partly on the author's own life and family history, THE SIXTH LAMENTATION is an intelligent thriller full of twists, turns, and surprises that moves effortlessly back and forth in time between occupied France and modern day England. Edward Schw...

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  The Gardens of the Dead
  

  • Sep-2006
  • / Mystery
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  A Father Anselm Mystery - 2
  

  When Elizabeth Glendinning, Q.C., dies of heart failure while making a desperate phone call to the police, her colleagues and family are devastated and mystified. What was she doing in east London at the time of her death, and what was she trying to ...

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  A Whispered Name
  

  • May-2008
  • / General Fiction
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  A Father Anselm Mystery - 3
  

  Gold Dagger Award Winner: “This complex thriller . . . explores some of life’s biggest moral questions and puts a human face on the war to end all wars.” -- Kirkus ReviewsA Wall Street Journal Best Mystery of the YearIn the Lark...

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  The Discourtesy of Death
  

  • Nov-2013
  • / General Fiction
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  A Father Anselm Mystery - 4
  

  An anonymous letter sent to Larkwood's Prior accuses Peter Henderson, an academic celebrity renowned for daring ideas, of a grotesque murder: the calculated killing of Jenny, his disabled partner, believed by everyone to have died peacefully two year...

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  The Day of the Lie
  

  • Apr-2017
  • / Mystery
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  A Father Anselm Mystery - 5
  

  The gripping thriller of a woman betrayed by time, fate, and someone close to her, featuring the ever-shrewd clerical detective Father Anselm William Brodrick stuns in this thriller featuring the brilliant criminal lawyer-turned-monk/detective, Fa...

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  The Silent Ones
  

  • Sep-2018
  • / Historical Mystery
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  Monk-turned-lawyer-turned-novelist William Brodrick has proven with each new installment of his Father Anselm series that he’s the “writer of choice for those who prefer a cerebral challenge with a moral and social message” (Crime Review). In T...

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  The Silent Ones: A Father Anselm Thriller
  

  • Nov-2018
  • / General Fiction
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  A monk must locate a missing priest accused of sexual abuse in a mystery thriller “by turns shocking, poignant, enlightening and inspired” (Wall Street Journal). Monk-turned-lawyer-turned-novelist William Brodrick has proven with each new install...

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  Fatal Proof
  

  • Feb-2023
  • / General Fiction
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  'Unputdownable...This writer gets better and better' A.N. WilsonThe Hither Green murder...William Benson knows what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do - the fear, the vulnerability and the nightmare of watching your life unravel. Now ...

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