Comments on 'The Sixth Lamentation'

'The book opens up the debate about the right and wrongs of persecuting elderly war criminals'
'Some of the references to monastic life unnecessary'
'I liked the relationship between Lucy and her grandmother'
'I suspect this is the first of a series of cases that Father Anselm will become involved in'
'The reference to the sixth lamentation intrigued me. I now realise that the Holocaust is the sixth lamentation'
'The references to the part that Vichy France played in the war were interesting. Particularily the fact that sometimes family members were split in their loyalties'
'I have read better books on the same theme'
'This is one of those books where you needed a piece of paper and pen with you as you read to work out plots and the relationships between characters'
'A lot of the tying up of loose ends at the end are a little contrived'

Further Reading:
'Bad Faith' by Carmen Callil