The other is Queen Catherine Parr, who had been his friend before she had the dubious honor of becoming the last of Henry VIII's six, mostly ill-starred wives. The first, Ellen, has long been confined in Bedlam, the madhouse, under mysterious circumstances Shardlake is determined to help her if he can. Early in the novel, Shardlake visits two women whose needs set the story in motion. He's also a hunchback, a widower and exceedingly trouble-prone. The lawyer, Matthew Shardlake, is 43 years old during this story, which is set in the summer of 1545. Sansom's series about an idealistic lawyer who seeks justice in a violent age, mid-16th-century England. The first, reviewed here recently, was Peter James's perverse tale of sexual obsession and expensive shoes, " Dead Like You." Now we have " Heartstone," the fifth book in C.J. But now I've devoured two in one month, both by British writers I'd not read before. I count myself lucky if I stumble upon two or three a year. Good, solid, enjoyable novels are blessedly common, but exceptional, knock-your-socks-off novels are rare.
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