Debut historical mystery set during Henry VIII's reign. Lord Cromwell has decided that all monasteries should be dissolved and when one of his agents is murdered he sends Matthew Shardlake, a true believer in the reformation, to investigate. Great period detail but I never really warmed to the main...
My Thoughts: I've only started reading about Tudor England in the past year and then it hasn't been the normal books that everyone else has read. Even without being completely familiar with this time period I still enjoyed this book. The author did an excellent job of creating a mystery, crime nove...
This started out a bit slow, but once Matthew and Mark were really embroiled in the mystery at the monastery it was a fast read.Matthew's reluctance to see the realities of the current religion was pretty frustrating. I suppose hindsight really is 20/20, especially centuries later. Because I am not ...
A thrilling Tudor detective taleHaving not been overly impressed by Winter in Madrid, I was a little bit worried about picking up another book by the same author, but this one was a bargain buy, which I couldn’t resist. I am so happy that I did pick it up, as it is exactly the sort of book that I re...
Really, this book deserves 1 star. But I'm in a little bit of a generous mood, and annoyed as I am with this book, I'll bump it up to 2. I had expected a LOT more than this book actually delivered, and I have to say that I freakin' HATE being able to guess the whodunnit. This book was EXTREMELY pre...
Why: the first in a series of legal thriller mysteries that take place during the reign of King Henry VIII. Supposed to be a model of historical writing in terms of accuracy. The main character, Matthew Shardlake, is a humpbacked barrister who, according to a review I read, "is smarter than everyone...
This book was so good that it's hard for me to give it only 4 stars. The ending just wasn't perfect and only perfect books get 5 stars. The rest of the book was pretty close to perfect for me. This is an amazingly well researched historical mystery - set during the protestant reformation with an ...
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