Shardlake: Dark Fire: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation Audiobook (Free)

A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation predicated on the second novel in C. J. Sansom’s bestselling Tudor criminal offense series.

Summer, 1540. It has been 3 years since the terrible occasions at Scarnsea monastery, and lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake can be living a quiet lifestyle in London – until a summons from Cromwell views him getting into another dangerous magic formula assignment.

Someone offers stolen the last barrel of ‘Greek Fire’: a legendary, highly potent incendiary tool thought lost because the fall about Shardlake: Dark Fire: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Constantinople. Shardlake can be tasked with tracking it down – and he must move quickly, for Cromwell has gone out of favour with the King and it is counting on the valuable substance to save his skin.

But Shardlake has another, equally urgent case to deal with – defending an orphan woman, Elizabeth Wentworth, who is accused of murdering her youthful cousin. Aided by Cromwell’s guy, Barak, Shardlake must competition against time to resolve both situations, for the fates of both Cromwell and Elizabeth depend on him…

Winner of the 2005 CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Honor, Dark Fire is the second thrilling instalment in the ‘Shardlake’ series. This atmospheric crime episode, starring Justin Salinger as Shardlake, Bryan Dick as Barak and Robert Glenister as Thomas Cromwell, features deception, dark secrets, captivating characters and a vibrant historical establishing. Duration: 2 hours 30 mins approx.