· $ Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel by Sansom, C. J. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. This is the second of C J Sansom's novels set in the England of Henry VIII featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake. The first instalment in the series, Dissolution, was structurally a classic country house murder mystery/5(K). · In Dark Fire, CJ Sansom's second Matthew Shardlake novel, Sansom moves his hunchback lawyer-detective forward three years, shifting the Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.
Dark Fire by CJ Sansom pp, Macmillan, £ In Dark Fire, CJ Sansom's second Matthew Shardlake novel, Sansom moves his hunchback lawyer-detective forward three years, shifting the plot. Brought up in the city of Edinburgh, Soctland, C.J. Sansom was born in , an upbringing which helped inspire much his career that was to come. 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. As in the first book in this series, C.J. Sansom invents and then fits a fictional scenario into real historical events in a manne "Dark Fire" is a pleasing story/mystery mixed with a nice characterization of the novel's protagonist, hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake.
C J Samson's second novel opens three years after the events at Scarnsea and we find our hunched hero, Matthew Shardlake getting involved in a criminal case where Elizabeth Wentworth is accused of the murder of her cousin. The facts are sketchy, Matthew's convinced of her innocence. The only problem is the accused refuses to speak. This is the second of C J Sansom's novels set in the England of Henry VIII featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake. The first instalment in the series, Dissolution, was structurally a classic country house murder mystery. In Dark Fire, CJ Sansom's second Matthew Shardlake novel, Sansom moves his hunchback lawyer-detective forward three years, shifting the plot from country to town, and the intrigue from church to.
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