2008-09-20 Great story and characters! A must for lovers of history

I bought this off Amazon after my Sister raved about it. I am interested in the Dissolution of the Monasteries anyway so I thought I would give it a try.

To begin with, it is hard to keep up with the many different characters, but it doesn't take long for it all to come together, and it works really well.

Set in a monastery during the Dissolution, with Shardlake, a hunchback lawyer is sent to investigate a Murder, and also to persuade the Monastery to dissolve voluntarily. Shardlake finds himself in the middle of sin and murder!

I really enjoyed this book, and have bought the rest of the series!