Dissolution by C.J. Sansom (Review) in Back entries: 2013 - 2015
- March 25, 2014, 5:51 a.m.
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This is the first in the series of four historical crime fiction novels involving the hump-backed lawyer Matthew Shardlake. The year is 1537, and Henry VIII is the Supreme Head of the Church. Thomas Cromwell has sent commissioners to investigate the monasteries.
Matthew Shardlake soon finds himself being sent to solve the murder of one of Cromwell’s commissioners at a monastery on the Sussex coast. However, he finds himself questioning everything he believes as the investigation progresses.
I finished this today, and have the next two books in the series. This book was almost impossible to put down. I spent most of the day reading this, and doing very little else. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Genre: Historical/Crime Fiction
Pages: 463, including the first chapter of Dark Fire
Publisher: Pan Books
Last updated January 01, 2015
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