Shardlake
God knows who did it.
Created by Stephen Butchard, C. J. Sansom
On Disney+
A tense historical whodunit set in Tudor England where a lawyer investigates murder at a corrupt monastery, navigating deception and institutional power.
The year is 1536. Lawyer Matthew Shardlake finds his life turned upside down when Thomas Cromwell sends him to investigate a suspicious death at the remote monastery of Scarnsea. Deception, deceit, and corruption are rife as it soon becomes clear that the murder is not the first. Shardlake is drawn into a web of lies that threatens not only his integrity but his life.
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