Christopher J. Sansom

Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos.... 

Dissolution: the first book in the bestselling Shardlake series....

Shardlake goes to war....

The third novel in the compelling Shardlake series....

The fourth novel in the Shardlake series....

At the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Thomas Cromwell's commissioner, Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body....

The eagerly anticipated new Shardlake novel from the number-one best-selling author....

The second Shardlake novel in C. J. Sansom's remarkable historical crime series....

The haunting stand-alone novel from the best-selling author of the Shardlake series, C. J. Sansom....

The Great Smog. London. A dense, choking fog engulfs the city and beneath it, history is re-written…1952....

It is 1540 and the hottest summer of the 16th century. Matthew Shardlake, believing himself out of favour with Thomas Cromwell, is busy trying to maintain his legal practice and keep a low profile....

A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel...

Shardlake returns in this atmospheric BBC Radio 4 full-cast adaptation of the fourth novel in C. J. Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime series....

A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on the second novel in C. J. Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime series....

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII’s invasion of France has gone badly wrong....

Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But this time the object of his affections is resisting....

Sent to gain the confidence of old school friend Sandy Forsyth, now a shady Madrid businessman, reluctant spy Harry Brett finds himself involved in a dangerous game and surrounded by memories....

The nominal king, Edward VI, is 11 years old. His uncle, Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Edward's regent and Protector. In the kingdom, radical Protestants are driving the old religion into extinction, while the Protector's prolonged war with Scotland has led to hyperinflation....