Dissolution (The Shardlake series, 1)

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Shardlake must also come to terms with the means by which Singleton was killed, decapitation by sword, and stifle the memories of seeing young Anne Boleyn executed not long before in that manner.

Shardlake is a brilliant central character providing that astonishing logic that makes this novel intriguing and captivating as he delicately investigates the murder at the monastery. Also, he gave every character a very interesting back story which was believable and atmosphere that he created in this book was apt for the mystery. At what point in the novel did you have an inkling as to who Singleton’s murderer was, and when did you see the murders as separate events as opposed to being committed by one culprit? Se trata de esas obras que me cuesta puntuar y que solo recomendaría para aquellos lectores de este género.I had just been introduced to Matthew Shardlake when he is summoned to the office of Lord Thomas Cromwell.

The seventh book in the series will be out in about a month, and I am very much looking forward to reading that. En este ambiente de miedo y corrupción desatada, uno de los enviados de Cromwell, es asesinado en uno de los monasterios benedictinos a los que ha sido enviado para convencer, forzar o hacer lo que hiciera falta, para conseguir la cesión del monasterio a la corona. The premise of the novel is strong, set against the events in English history that brought Henry VIII much power of the monasteries in his attempt to weed out those who would speak against the Church of England. Dissolution is the first book in the series, where we meet Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer and occasional fixer for Thomas Cromwell.A Crown agent beheaded in a monastery is a big deal, it could be the spark that sets off the tinderbox, a whole country up in flames. What characters from Dissolution would you be interested in seeing again in future Matthew Shardlake mysteries? But he does have a serious, reciprocated romantic interest in the sequel, though I won’t say whether or not it ends happily .