Diese Krimireihe begleitet Pater Anselm, einen ehemaligen Anwalt, der als Mönch im englischen Kloster Larkwood Erfüllung findet. Jeder Fall, dem er sich in seinem neuen Leben stellt, ist ein komplexes Geflecht aus Intrigen, Geheimnissen und menschlichen Schwächen. Anselm setzt seinen scharfen Verstand und seinen juristischen Hintergrund ein, um die Wahrheit in Situationen aufzudecken, die oft über die üblichen Ermittlungen hinausgehen. Dies ist eine fesselnde Lektüre für Liebhaber historischer Mysterien mit einer Prise kontemplativer Tiefe.
Pater Anselm muss in seinem neuen Fall klären, welche Rolle sein verstorbener Mitbruder und Klostergründer Herbert bei einem Kriegsgericht in Flandern 1917 spielte, das den Rekruten Flannagan zum Tode verurteilte.
10 Jahre nach dem Freispruch von Riley übernimmt Pater Anselm von der kurz zuvor verstorbenen Strafverteidigerin Elizabeth Unterlagen, die Riley endlich als Mörder überführen sollen.
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.
"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
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