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Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake’s sixth outing builds to a shocking climax, writes Stephanie Merritt
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The Black Dahlia was inspired by the murders of a young woman – and James Ellroy’s mother
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As grim as Horrible Histories and darker than Hilary Mantel’s novels – the sixth in the Shardlake series. By Alfred Hickling
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Crime Writers’ Association honours An Officer and a Spy for its ‘masterly storytelling’ and ‘beautiful’ writing
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Profile: As the eagerly awaited sixth Shardlake novel hits the shelves, Britain’s fascination with the unlikely Tudor detective – and all things doublet and hose – shows no sign of diminishing
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1940s Los Angeles is a hotbed of greed, addiction, violence and corruption for James Ellroy’s detective, on the trail of a real-life murder, writes John Mullan
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