The Shardlake series

Dissolution

The first Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom's bestselling historical crime series. In an age of treachery and turmoil, a brutal murder causes Commissioner Matthew Shardlake the ultimate test of faith . . .

Dark Fire

The second Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. A secret thought lost to the ages has been uncovered in Tudor London, and it’s worth killing to protect . . .

Sovereign

The third Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. On a journey to win over his subjects, a political conspiracy threatens to strike Henry VIII from his throne . . .

Revelation

The fourth Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. As suspicion and hatred abounds, a sequence of sinister murders leads to the very heart of the Tudor court . . .

Heartstone

The fifth Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. With invasion from France imminent, Matthew Shardlake’s investigation into a suspicious suicide leads him to the flagship of England’s fleet, the Mary Rose . . .

Lamentation

The sixth Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. As Henry VIII lies on his deathbed, an incendiary manuscript threatens to tear his court apart . . .

Tombland

The seventh Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling historical crime series. With England on the brink of collapse, a peasant rebellion forces Matthew Shardlake to examine where his loyalties truly lie . . .