A whispered name : a Father Anselm thriller / William Brodrick.
Material type:
TextSeries: Father Anselm thrillersPublisher: New York, NY : The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc., 2017Copyright date: ©2008Edition: First U.S. hardcover Overlook editionDescription: 346 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781468311150
- 1468311158
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Main Library | Mystery | Brodrick William | FA 3 | Available | 33111008823219 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Golden Dagger Award-winning installment of the Father Anselm thrillers, praised by Jeffery Deaver as "reminiscent of the early works of John le Carré," A Whispered Name reaches into the mysteries of one man's past and casts light on the long shadows war leaves behind. In the Larkwood Priory, secrets are rare. So Father Anselm is deeply dismayed by an allegation against Herbert Moore, one of the founding fathers of the Priory and the man who shaped his own vocation. The claim is inconceivable, but Anselm soon learns that Herbert did indeed have secrets in his past that he kept hidden all his life.While investigating the accusation, Father Anselm discovers the horrors of a long-buried secret of war involving the young Captain Moore. A novel of moral complexity, superb characterization and, above all, profound humanity, A Whispered Name is fit to stand with the finest thrillers inspired by the First World War.
"First published in Great Britain by Little, Brown, 2008" --verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 345).
"Father Anselm lays bare a gripping story of the cruelty and heroism of the First World War. In the Larkwood Priory, secrets are rare. So Father Anselm is deeply dismayed when a mysterious visitor to the monastery raises an allegation against Father Herbert Moore, the recently deceased founding father of the Priory and the man who shaped Anselm's own vocation. The claim is inconceivable, but Anselm soon learns that Herbert did indeed have long-buried secrets from his past - when he was known as Captain Moore - that he kept hidden all his life. Unable to accept the seemingly brutal details revealed about his mentor, Father Anselm investigates the meaning behind what appears to be a punishing decision in a cruel war."--dust jacket.