CJ Sansom Books in Order

Two years after Henry VIII's death, England slides into chaos. Shardlake is working for the Lady Elizabeth when he is called to investigate a murder in Norwich. There, he gets swept up in Kett's Rebellion, a massive peasant uprising that will test his loyalty and his survival.

A tale of pride and punishment woven through history. From a boastful Norman lord to a 14th-century priory, the authors explore how the deadliest sin leads to downfall and death, linking separate historical mysteries with a common thread of human hubris.

1546. King Henry is dying, and the court is torn between Catholic and Protestant factions. When Queen Catherine Parr's secret, heretical manuscript is stolen, she turns to Shardlake to recover it. He must navigate a deadly maze of treason to save the Queen's life—and his own.

An ancient statue of the Virgin Mary, carved from pagan stone, exercises a strange and malevolent power. The Medieval Murderers trace the icon's journey across centuries, where religious devotion twists into obsession, heresy, and bloodshed.

A play depicting the biblical first murder of Abel by Cain carries a dark legacy. As the script surfaces in different eras—from a medieval mystery play to a Restoration drama—life begins to imitate art, and murder follows the actors who perform it.

In this alternate history thriller, Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany in 1940. Twelve years later, a Resistance grows in the fog-choked streets of London. A civil servant becomes an unlikely spy, tasked with hiding a scientist who holds a secret that could change the global balance of power.

Solsbury Hill has been a place of death and ritual since ancient times. This collection follows the hill's dark history through the ages, from pagan sacrifices to medieval crimes, as the spirits of the past continue to haunt the living.

A meteorite falls in Greenland and is fashioned into a stone with reputed healing powers. But greed and violence follow the artifact as it travels to medieval Exeter and beyond, bringing misfortune rather than miracles to those who possess it.

Summer 1545. England is at war, and the French fleet is poised to attack. Shardlake travels to Portsmouth to investigate the abuse of a ward of the court, but finds himself in a war zone, uncovering secrets that link to the fate of the *Mary Rose*.

In 1191, monks at Glastonbury Abbey claim to have found the bones of King Arthur. But are they real, or a political fabrication? This linked narrative follows the secret of the bones through the ages, as guardians protect them from those who would use the legend for power.

A mysterious book of prophecies written by a 6th-century Irish monk is said to predict everything from the Black Death to the Gunpowder Plot. As the manuscript passes through history, it leaves a trail of madness and death for anyone who tries to decipher its secrets.

London, 1543. A serial killer is terrorizing the city, staging murders based on the prophecies in the Book of Revelation. Shardlake must catch the fanatic before they strike again, all while navigating the dangers of a court where religious reform is becoming a deadly accusation.

Bermondsey Priory is cursed after a young chaplain is punished for sins of the flesh in 1114. Over the next five centuries, the priory becomes a backdrop for murder, ghosts, and political intrigue, as recorded in this series of interlinked tales by the Medieval Murderers group.

In 1940, Harry Brett is sent to post-Civil War Madrid as a reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. His mission is to befriend an old schoolmate turned shady businessman, but he soon gets entangled in a dangerous game of love, memory, and betrayal in a city shattered by fascism.

A Saxon sword forged before the Norman Conquest brings betrayal and death to all who wield it. From the battlefields of the 14th century to political scandals in Venice, this collection of linked mysteries follows the cursed blade's journey through the hands of knights, rebels, and murderers.

In 1541, Henry VIII embarks on a spectacular Progress to the North to quell rebellion. Shardlake is already in York, tasked with ensuring the welfare of a political prisoner, but soon discovers a conspiracy involving the royal line that could shatter the fragile peace of the realm.

A fragment of the True Cross, supposedly stained with the blood of Christ, carries a deadly curse. This collaborative novel traces the relic's bloody path from Jerusalem in 1100 through centuries of English history, as different sleuths encounter the cursed object and the violence that follows it.

Shardlake faces a race against time to defend a girl accused of murder, while simultaneously searching for the lost formula of "Greek Fire" for Thomas Cromwell. Set in the stifling heat of 1540 London, he must navigate the city's slums and the court's treachery to save his own neck.

In 1537, Henry VIII’s commissioners are tearing down the monasteries, but at Scarnsea, a brutal murder halts the proceedings. Matthew Shardlake, a hunchbacked lawyer for Thomas Cromwell, is sent to investigate. He uncovers a web of corruption and treason that threatens more than just the abbey.