Dissolution

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 390. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; map endpapers. Without the promotional wrap-around band.

Nominated for both the 2003 Crime Writers' Association (CWA) John Creasey Memorial Dagger and the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger awards. The first volume in the 'Shardlake' quartet of historical detective fiction series set in Tudor England at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries. A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization ensued in 2012, followed in 2024 by the Disney+ television series, Shardlake, starring Arthur Hughes in the eponymous role. "A remarkable debut." –P. D. James