William Brodrick Bücher

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.

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.

Eine junge Frau bringt Unruhe ins Kloster Larkwood, da der Gründer Pater Herbert an der Hinrichtung eines Unschuldigen während des Ersten Weltkriegs beteiligt gewesen sein soll. Pater Anselm ermittelt und entdeckt Ungereimtheiten, während die Klosterbrüder mit den moralischen Konsequenzen konfrontiert werden.

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.

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.

"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