The gardens of the dead
By: William Brodrick
Series: Father Anselm mysteries
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780349121123
Description: Elizabeth Glendinning QC has lost faith in the legal system to which she has given her life. In an attempt to restore it, she has secretly devised a scheme to bring a guilty man back to court -- Graham Riley, whom she had successfully defended some ten years previously. 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. Once the box has been opened, a chain of events is triggered as if from beyond the grave, and Anselm is led to fulfil what Elizabeth has begun.
Notes: Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2006.