![]() His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the alter, and the disappearance of Scarnsea's Great Relic. Cromwell's Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved.īut on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Historical fiction at its finest" Peter Robinson "Shardlake is a character to treasure" James Naughtie, Sunday Times ![]() "A first-rate murder mystery" Independent on Sunday ![]() In an age of treachery and turmoil, brutal murder brings the ultimate test of faith. ![]()
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