By William Brodrick
A gripping new story of intrigue from a “John le Carr? within the making” (Daily Telegraph, London) William Brodrick’s awesome new mystery, like its predecessor The 6th Lamentation, focuses back on Father Anselm, a barrister became monk who reveals himself on the heart of a secret regarding kinfolk, the lengthy tentacles of deception and the therapeutic energy of retribution. whilst Elizabeth Glendinning, Q.C., dies of center failure whereas creating a determined cellphone name to the police, her colleagues and kin are devastated and mystified. What was once she doing in east London on the time of her dying, and what was once she attempting to inform the police in her final cell name? After her funeral, her son, Nicholas, Inspector Cartwright, the officer she was once attempting to name, and Father Anselm, Elizabeth’s former colleague, all obtain programs a few case from years previous: Regina v. Riley. The package deal additionally contains mysterious newspaper clippings in regards to the unintended drowning of John Bradshaw, who simply occurs to be the son of the primary witness within the case. Why is Elizabeth nonetheless following the case? And what does she wish the 3 humans to do with the data she has despatched them? The germ of the tale lies in occasions that happened a long time prior while Anselm Duffy, Q.C., had received a slightly tricky case by means of asking a query of the major witness: the query, correct in each point for successful the case, seems to were fatally, seriously, the inaccurate one. The acquitted guy wreaks havoc in a few lives and his web ultimately enmeshes those that had so cleverly defended him in courtroom. Anselm Duffy's personal lifestyles is modified notably as he turns into conscious of the complete repercussions of his functionality in court docket. His internal voice will not permit him leisure, ultimately nudging him to desert the silk for the gown. it truly is Father Anselm, whose tale is patterned on situations within the author's personal existence, who asks the riveting questions within the novel: what's justice? what's innocence? And what, eventually, is evil? As Father Anselm’s starts off to make experience of Elizabeth’s directives from her grave, because it have been, he discovers the complexity of fact and its deadly strength. Psychologically advanced and suspenseful, The Gardens of the lifeless finds the internal workings of the courts of britain during the unfolding of a richly lucrative tale, and during characters who develop into unforgettable of their struggles with evil and the potential of redemption. BACKCOVER: compliment for The Gardens of the lifeless “Brodrick…weaves intriguing shadowy drama with deep characterization.” —GQ (UK) “The Gardens of the useless has gravity and beauty, in addition to a strong surroundings of creeping dread.” —Time out (UK) “A annoying and compelling research right into a secret that finally ends up with solutions way more revealing and profound than look in such a lot thrillers.” —Gateway (UK)