Dissolution
C. J. Sansom
Pan Macmillan UK
<p><b>In an age of treachery and turmoil, brutal murder brings the ultimate test of faith ...</b></p><p><b>"A first-rate murder mystery" <i>Independent on Sunday</i></b><br><b></b><br><b>"Shardlake is a character to treasure" James Naughtie, Sunday Times</b><br><b></b><br><b>"Terrific. Historical fiction at its finest" Peter Robinson</b><br><b></b><br>Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved. </p><p>But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black...</br></br></br></br></br></br></p>