Winter, 1537: Henry VIII has declared himself Supreme Head of the
Church, and instructed his Cromwell to dissolve England's religious
houses and seize their wealth. But when one of the King's Commissioners
is been found brutally murdered in a monastery, the King needs a quick,
discreet result. He sends his lawyer-detective, Matthew Shardlake, to
investigate. However, as Shardlake delves into the mystery, it becomes
clear that the case will not be simple to solve. This atmospheric
dramatization brings the first in the Matthew Shardlake series to
electrifying life. Unabridged.