La piedra del corazon / Heartstone

from everfresh1

The latest in Mathew Shardlake series didn't disappoint. There is probably more suspense here than in any of previous novels. Once again, the novel stalls sometime, but it's a minor drawback for me considering the quality of the novel - both entertaining and educational.

from smik

This is #5 in Sansom's Matthew Shardlake series. In 2009 I reviewed DISSOLUTION, the first in the series which I had actually read a year or two earlier. I've been meaning to read more in this series ever since. But I haven't and the fact that I have enjoyed reading this "out of order" is perhaps...

from BrianHostad

The best Shardlake yet. The plot is well paced, never too rushed that it seems out of sync with the period and not too slow, to stop it from being a page turner. Of course parts are a bit contrived and the predictability that Shardlake would have to be on the Mary Rose when it sank, was dissappoi...

from VictoriaStrauss

I love C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake Tudor mysteries, and this latest installment, which sets a story of murder, identity theft, ambition, and betrayal in the context of Henry VIII's disastrous final war with France, doesn't disappoint. Sansom has a gift for combining the sweep of a historical ...

from Neckarhex

With each volume you'd think it can't get any worse for poor Matthew, and then it does, and in spades. He's trying so hard, and it's bittersweet to see him succeed while causing so much upheaval and unrest at the same time but also going through so much hardship himself, and being left with even ...