Working with the King’s coroner, Harsnet, he has to navigate the world of politics and keep himself safe from the serial killer who seems to be targeting him as well as his assistant Barak and Barak’s wide Tamasin. Just after Adam’s inquest, one of Shardlake’s lawyer friends, Roger Elliard, is found murdered inside Lincoln’s Inn.

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Evidence of the author's feel for place and period led one hopefully to Dark Fire, and in the matter of authentic atmosphere one was not disappointed.But Shardlake is distracted from the case when his friend Roger Elliard is found brutally murdered – the victim of a serial killer inspired by the Book of Revelation.

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A four and a half star, perhaps not quite as good as the one before, but overall these are wonderful books.This time of religious divide, with people being burned as heretics, is the backdrop for our latest mystery.

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This is a great series for those who love their mysteries steeped in history and controversies of another era. The Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series continues with this fourth suspenseful installment by the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and Dominion In 1543, while Tudor England is abuzz with King Henry VIII’s wooing of Lady Catherine Parr, Matthew Shardlake is working to defend a teenage boy, a religious fanatic being held in the infamous Bedlam hospital for the insane. The authorities seem to be playing the death down but soon he finds that this is because Roger’s death was not the first of its kind, and there is a serial killer on the loose taking ‘inspiration’ from the book of Revelation. If I had one minor complaint about this book it was that the author attributes many protestant beliefs to Martin Luther than he did not hold. And to complicate matters, the murder investigation must be kept secret, given the sensitive connection with Catherine Part, whom the king is now courting.Sansom has a wonderful way of weaving his characters into a glorious tapestry and will not disappoint. Not only do you have dramatic tension as they struggle to find a very clever killer, who knows so much about them, but there are political intrigues, personal conflicts and layers of stories in here.

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And as with all fiction set in those times, the foreknowledge that this one will be beheaded, and that one will be burned only adds to the interest. The city is tense with religious unrest following the dissolution of the monasteries and those caught preaching on the streets are arrested and put to death. Gaining strong academic credentials over the years as well, he’s also managed to make a name for himself with his keen penchant for accuracy within his work.On top of that, Shardlake must defend a young man who has been placed in the Bedlam insane asylum for his radical beliefs. The performance of a play at Lincoln’s Inn traditionally held in March had been cancelled earlier in the month because of heavy snow; late in the month it was still unseasonably cold, the breath of actors and audience visible, wafting up like smoke.