{"product_id":"the-sleeping-witness-a-father-gabriel-mystery-paperback","title":"The Sleeping Witness: A Father Gabriel Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFiorella De Maria\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unusual murder mystery, the tranquility of Saint Mary's Abbey is shattered by the discovery of a gruesome crime in a cottage on the abbey grounds. A foreign artist and war hero seeking refuge from the world has been murdered. Marie Paige, the frail, sickly wife of the village doctor, lies beside him beaten into a coma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe police arrest Marie's husband, convinced that they are looking at a crime of passion. But Dr. Paige finds himself with an unlikely champion: Fr. Gabriel, a blundering but brilliant Benedictine priest who believes in his innocence and feels compelled to search for the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a country struggling to come to terms with the devastation of the Second World War, even a secluded English village has its share of secrets and broken lives. It is not long before Fr. Gabriel and his companions find themselves embarking on a dangerous journey into the victims' troubled war histories and a chapter of Europe's bloodiest conflict that is almost too terrible to be acknowledged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiorella De Maria\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Italy of Maltese parents. She grew up in Wiltshire, England, and attended Cambridge University, where she received a Bachelor's in English Literature and a Master's in Renaissance Literature. She lives in Surrey with her husband and children. A winner of the National Book Prize of Malta, she has published four other novels with Ignatius Press: \u003ci\u003ePoor Banished Children\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Do No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e We'll Never Tell Them \u003c\/i\u003eand the first Father Gabriel mystery, \u003ci\u003e The Sleeping Witness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166319546503,"sku":"9781621640769","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/86c88ca3b7d4168827ad35516838a338.webp?v=1733320018","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-sleeping-witness-a-father-gabriel-mystery-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}