{"product_id":"the-sleeping-witness-a-father-gabriel-mystery-9781621640769","title":"The Sleeping Witness: A Father Gabriel Mystery","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662604865810,"sku":"9781621640769","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47ab875c-570c-4ba9-9fac-0df78b993b63.jpg?v=1733528250","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sleeping-witness-a-father-gabriel-mystery-9781621640769","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}