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Dark Fire
The second novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series—the inspiration for the Disney+ original series 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 king’s feared vicar general, offers Shardlake two more weeks to prove his client’s innocence. In exchange, Shardlake must find a lost cache of "Dark Fire," a legendary weapon of mass destruction. What ensues is a page-turning adventure, filled with period detail and history.
"Atmospheric and engaging" (Margaret George), this second book in Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series delves again into the dark and superstitious world of Cromwell's England introduced in Dissolution.
Awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger – the highest honor in British crime writing.u
528 pages, 3 editions
English edition · First published 2001 by Random House of Canada · ISBN 9781664498679
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Editions
3 editions
English
- Dark fire · Random House of Canada · 2001 · ISBN 9781664498679 This page
- Dark Fire (matthew Shardlake Series #2) · Recorded Books, Llc · 2009 · ISBN 9781440743160
- Dark Fire: A Shardlake Novel 2 · Pan Macmillan UK · 2004 · ISBN 9781743030875
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