num_pages: 502
description: When a friend's niece is charged with murder and threatened with torture for her refusal to speak, 1540 lawyer Matthew Sharklake is granted an unexpected two-week reprieve to investigate the case if he will also accept a dangerous assignment to find a legendary weapon of mass destruction. By the author of Dissolution. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Dark Fire
titlecomplete: Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
characters: Guy Malton, Thomas Howard, Matthew Shardlake, Thomas Cromwell, Jack Barak, Richard Riche
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Tudor Period, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Historical, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery
ratings_count: 27326
places: United Kingdom, London, England
series: Matthew Shardlake
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award
publisher: Viking Adult