Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom - Book

Join Login Invite

Home
Books
Dark Fire

Buy the Book Recommend Create Group Create Event

Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom

ISBN: 9780143036432
Release Date: 01 Jan 2006
Average rating: (read by 59 members)

Categories: Adventure / thriller

From the acclaimed author of "Dissolution" comes a new sixteenth-century thriller featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake. In 1540, during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake is asked to help a young girl accused of murder. She refuses to speak in her defense even when threatened with torture. But just when the case seems lost, Thomas Cromwell, the kingas feared vicar general, offers Shardlake two more weeks to prove his clientas innocence. In exchange, Shardlake must find a lost cache of aDark Fire, a a legendary weapon of mass destruction. What ensues is a page-turning adventure, filled with period detail and history.

Rated 19219 out of 5213878 books
Recommended 0 times

Help us suggest similar books for your chance to win prizes

See All

	TommBomb Full Review
	Rated it 26 days ago

A very intricate plot that's a bit slow at first, but as the story progresses the pace really picks up. Shardlake is working on two cases at a time, and it works really well to keep the reader's interest, but sometimes I felt Sansom swapped cases at...

	Lynnky Full Review
	Rated it 1 months ago

Second title in the series.
The political machinations are very realistic and thrilling, the vivid descriptions of Tudor London coupled with mysterious murders had me gripped. The chaos, smells and hardship of life at that time was brought steaming to...

	smiff
	Rated it 2 months ago

Another great outing for Matthew Shardlake in Tudor England. He has a new assistant, Jack Barak, who's a terrific character and a good foil for the rather strait-laced Shardlake.

Similar Books 100See All

Page of 34	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Page of 34

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Voice of the Gods by Trudi Canavan

Average rating: (read by 42 members)

Unable to avoid being drawn into the terrible conflict, Auraya, now protector of the Siyee, fears she will be unable to meet the conditions of the all-powerful gods she once served.

Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas

Average rating: (read by 5 members)

Joss le Guern is a town crier in Paris' 14th arrondissement. He calls out the local news three times a day to all who will listen. Over the course of a few days, however, a number of enigmatic and disturbing messages are slipped in to the daily news, and he becomes increasingly alarmed. Superintendent Adamsberg is...

Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs

Average rating: (read by 42 members)

The author describes his bizarre coming-of-age years after his adoption by his mother's psychiatrist, during which he witnessed such misadventures as a fake suicide attempt and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers.