Im April erscheint der 5.Band der Serie um Matthew Shardlake von C.J. Sansom.
Kurzbeschreibung bei amazon
ZitatAlles anzeigenReckoning
This is the new Shardlake mystery from the No 1 bestselling author of
"REVELATION". Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of
France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to
sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth,
the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen. The King
has debased the currency to pay for the war, and England is in the grip
of soaring inflation and economic crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake
is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine
Parr. Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed
against a young ward of the court, which have already involved one
mysterious death, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to
Portsmouth. Once arrived, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city
preparing to become a war zone; and Shardlake takes the opportunity to
also investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettipace, a young woman
incarcerated in the Bedlam. The emerging mysteries around the young
ward, and the events that destroyed Ellen's family nineteen years
before, involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend and an
old enemy close to the throne. Events will converge on board one of the
King's great warships, primed for battle in Portsmouth harbour: the
Mary Rose...
Bei amazin.co.uk ist das Buch unter einem anderen Titel (Heartstone) für den 6.August angekündigt.
Dieser Hinweis müsste eigentlich bei den Neuerscheinungen sowohl für das erste als auch für das zweite Halbjahr 2010 stehen.