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Father Anselm, a monk at Larkwood Priory, is asked about a soldier who served in the First World War. His questions lead him to the court martial of Private Joseph Flanagan, executed for desertion in 1917, and to what a man who sat in judgement on him carried with him for the rest of his life.

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CWA Gold Dagger (Winners)
The Gold Dagger is awarded each year by the Crime Writers’ Association for the best crime novel of the year, and is the most prestigious prize in British crime writing. First given in 1955, as the Crossed Red Herring Award, it has gone to spy novels and police procedurals, psychological thrillers and historical mysteries alike - from John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold to Colin Dexter, Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Ann Cleeves and Mick Herron. This list collects the winning novels by year.

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A Whispered Name

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