Book guide
Tombland
A royal murder case drags Shardlake into a country on the brink of rebellion.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalResistanceMysteryWhodunnitCrimeWhodunnit
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About Tombland
In 1549, Matthew Shardlake is sent by Lady Elizabeth to Norwich to investigate the murder of a distant Boleyn relation. As Kett's Rebellion erupts around him, the case becomes tangled with England's wider crisis of faith, poverty, and power.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Matthew Shardlake · Book 7 of 7
Content warnings
- war
- violence
- gore
- murder
- rape
- sexual assault
- torture
- domestic abuse
- child abuse
