The third installment of C. J. Sansomas acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery series C. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, "Dissolution," was selected by P. D. James in "The Wall Street Journal" as one of her top-five all-time favorite books. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake and his loyal assistant, Jack Barak, find themselves embroiled in royal intrigue when a plot against King Henry VIII is uncovered in York and a dangerous conspirator theyave been charged with transporting to London is connected to the death of a local glazer.