Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake #2) Free PDF Download

When a friends niece is charged with murder and threatened with torture for her refusal to speak, 1540 lawyer Matthew Shardlake is granted a reprieve to investigate the case if he will also accept a dangerous assignment to find a legendary weapon. Winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, Dark Fire is the second thrilling historical crime novel from C. J. Sansom. C. J. Sansoms magnificent books set in the reign of Henry VIII bring to life the sounds and smells of Tudor England. - Sunday Times Summer, 1540. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile. But his involvement with a murder case, defending a girl accused of brutally murdering her young cousin, brings him once again into contact with the Kings chief minister - and a new assignment . . .