Great review Elaine, now I want to get Sovereign finished so I can get into this one!

Excellent read, loved every minute of this x

angelicfi:

Excellent read, loved every minute of this x

Have you read the others in the series Fi-they're excellent too, but this one is really my favourite so far.

No Elaine, i didnt realise it was a series until i was almost through withthe book, must have a look!

I've still got both Sovereign and Revelation on my tbr and just waiting for the time to read them....I really will bump them up the the waiting list..

Love this series of books - Sovereign is my favourite though.

 Well it was my first read of 2010...

Tudor London, with all the sights and smells of a cesspit.A serial Killer is targeting those whose religious persuasions have altered, leaving no mercy. When a killer strikes into the heart of Shardlake's lawyer community Matthew becomes hellbent on tracking down the killer. Morally repugnant, this is not a story for the faint hearted, but it's a really good read.

Bring on the next one !

 This is my next book to be read.  I have really enjoyed the other 3 Shardlake books and can't wait to get started on this one. 

jobar:

 Well it was my first read of 2010...

Tudor London, with all the sights and smells of a cesspit.A serial Killer is targeting those whose religious persuasions have altered, leaving no mercy. When a killer strikes into the heart of Shardlake's lawyer community Matthew becomes hellbent on tracking down the killer. Morally repugnant, this is not a story for the faint hearted, but it's a really good read.

Bring on the next one !

Not sure if it's August or September but Fantasticfiction says:

"Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency to pay for the war, and England is in the grip of soaring inflation and economic crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed against a young ward of the court, which have already involved one mysterious death, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. Once arrived, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city preparing to become a war zone; and Shardlake takes the opportunity to also investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettipace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. The emerging mysteries around the young ward, and the events that destroyed Ellen's family nineteen years before, involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend and an old enemy close to the throne. Events will converge on board one of the King's great warships, primed for battle in Portsmouth harbour: the Mary Rose..."

I only read Sovereign and liked it a lot. Debbie, your review makes me want to read more of Matthew Shardlake's adventures! 

Debbie.... Thanks for the heads up on the new book...it sounds like a good one, and nice to find out a little more about Ellen.Will have to put a reminder in my diary...

 Loved the first in the series, Dissolution (?), must find the others - I know I bought Dark Fire and think I have no 3, I also have his other book Winter in Madrid which I really want to read, tahnks for reminding me.

 This is on my to be read '2010 challenge' list. xx

Fabulous, I loved it.  For me it probably was the best of the best of the four so far, but it's a tough call because I've loved them all.  Roll on September for the next instalment.