The Gardens Of The Dead
$32.94
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2008
Summary
Elizabeth Glendinning QC has lost faith in the legal system. In an attempt to restore it, she has secretly devised a scheme to bring back to court a guilty man - Graham Riley - whom she had successfully defended some ten years before. As part of an elaborate contingency plan, Elizabeth leaves the unsuspecting Father Anselm with a key to a safety deposit box, to be opened in the event of her death. Three weeks later she is found dead in the East End of London and, once the box has been opened,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349121123 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349121125 |
| Author: | William Brodrick |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Father Anselm Novels |
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‘THE GARDENS OF THE DEAD has gravity and grace, as well as a powerful atmosphere of creeping dread’ - John O’Connell, TIME OUT
THE GARDENS OF THE DEAD held me spellbound and fascinated. It is something of a tour de force to set up such a throroughly unprepossessing villain…keep us rooting for his downfall for four hours and then turn the tables to such an extent that our hearts bleed for him as the last of the many tangled knots are teased apart - Christina Hardyment, THE TIMESIt makes a good, twisting mystery - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHAs this labyrinthine tale unfolds, Brodrick is able to bring off a truly impressive sleight-of-hand: while we read on, agog for the next revelation, it becomes apparent that we’re being treated to character studies quite as rich as that in many a more ostensibly “literary” novel - DAILY EXPRESSAbout The Author
William Brodrick
Bill Brodrick was an Augustinian friar before leaving the order to become a practising barrister. His first novel, THE SIXTH LAMENTATION, was loosely based on the wartime experiences of his mother.
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