Dark Fire

Dissolution: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery (Matthew Shardlake…

Author: C.J. Sansom

It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin, brings him once again into contact with the king’s chief minister -….Read More

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