Dissolution

Dissolution by the late, great C. J. Sansom is our introduction to Matthew Shardlake: a disabled barrister with a keen legal mind, whose criminal investigations during the reign of Henry VIII bring Tudor England to vivid life . . . The turmoil of the time – religious and social – adds a layer of peril to this twisty murder mystery . . . Dissolution is at once a fiendish puzzle and a slice of gritty historical fiction, with a brilliantly unconventional detective at its heartRichard Osman, bestselling author of We Solve Murders, WSJ

Remarkable . . . The sights, the voices, the very smell of this turbulent age seem to rise from the pageP. D. James, author of the Inspector Adam Dalgliesh series

Extraordinarily impressive. The best crime novel I have read this yearColin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse series

Terrific. Historical fiction at its finestPeter Robinson, author of the Inspector Alan Banks series