![]() ![]() But Shardlake's investigation soon forces him to question everything he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes. Dr Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell into this atmosphere of treachery and death. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the alter, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved. ![]() ![]() Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. Historical fiction at its finest Peter Robinson Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. A first-rate murder mystery Independent on Sunday Shardlake is a character to treasure James Naughtie, Sunday Times Terrific. In an age of treachery and turmoil, brutal murder brings the ultimate test of faith. ![]()
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