England, 1543. The body of Roger Elliard, a friend of Matthew Shardlake, one of the best detectives in London, was found in a fountain on the grounds of Lincoln's Inn, the famous barristers' chambers. Shardlake, at the request of the widow of the deceased, begins an investigation, and then it suddenly turns out that a similar crime was committed a few days before. Killed was Dr. Paul Garney, the personal physician of Lord Latimer, the last husband of Lady Catherine Parr, whom none other than Henry VIII, King of England, is about to marry... Published in millions of copies, K. J. Sansom's novels about the adventures of Matthew Shardlake are read all over the world .