William Brodick Books in Order

Father Anselm shelters an elderly man accused of Nazi war crimes at Larkwood Priory. Meanwhile, a granddaughter investigates her grandmother's wartime work rescuing Jewish children, and the two inquiries converge around betrayal in occupied Paris.

The unexpected death of a former legal colleague draws Father Anselm back to a case she had reopened. Investigating her legacy forces the barrister turned monk to revisit his own involvement and examine the uneasy relationship between justice and the law.

An accusation voiced beside Herbert Moore's grave unsettles Father Anselm's memory of the revered priory founder. His investigation reaches back to a 1917 desertion court martial, uncovering a wartime responsibility Moore kept hidden throughout his later life.

An old friend brings Father Anselm the story of Roza Mojeska, a resistance member imprisoned in communist Poland. Investigating her betrayal and a later Cold War mystery draws him through decades of concealed choices and unresolved loyalties.

An anonymous letter claims that a celebrated academic murdered his disabled partner, whose death was attributed to cancer. Father Anselm investigates cautiously, aware that exposing the truth could unsettle her grieving son and provoke further violence.

Father Anselm returns to court amid allegations against a priest and doubts about an accuser's testimony. A journalist's parallel investigation reveals troubling inconsistencies, while the case draws attention to victims whose silence has shielded institutions from scrutiny.