Lentorama 2024: Clerical Crime Solvers

Day 5: Father Anselm

Father Anselm is a lawyer turned friar of Larkwood Priory, and as with so many of the people in this series, he winds up solving mysteries on the side. Unlike many of his colleagues, the cases tend to be re-examining events that have already occurred rather than something current. The first novel in the series involves a man who may have committed war crimes during World War 2, while another has Anselm look into a death two years previous that an anonymous death claims was murder.

The character bears a strong resemblance to his creator, William Brodrick (minus the crime solving, I assume). Where Anselm is a lawyer turned priest, Brodrick is a priest turned lawyer (who then turned full time author).