Shardlake series

The "Shardlake series" is a series of historical mystery novels by C. J. Sansom, set in the reign of Henry VIII in the 16th century.
Sansom has said that he plans to write further Shardlake novels taking the lawyer into the reign of Elizabeth I.
Description.
The series' protagonist is the hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, who is assisted in his adventures by Mark Poer and then Jack Barak. Shardlake works on commission initially from Thomas Cromwell in "Dissolution" and "Dark Fire", Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in "Sovereign" and "Revelation", Queen Catherine Parr in "Heartstone" and "Lamentation", and Princess Elizabeth in "Tombland". The seventh book, "Tombland", was published in October 2018.
Adaptations.
Radio.
BBC Radio 4 has adapted novels in the Shardlake series as part of its "15-Minute Drama" series. In 2012, "Dissolution" was adapted into a 10-part radio serial by Colin MacDonald, starring Jason Watkins as Shardlake and Mark Bonnar as Cromwell. BBC Radio 4 later broadcast "Dark Fire" in 2014, with Justin Salinger taking over the role of Shardlake and Bryan Dick playing Barak, "Sovereign" in 2015, "Revelation" in 2017, "Heartstone" in 2018, and "Lamentation" in 2021, all adapted by Colin MacDonald as 10-part serials.
Television.
In 2007, the BBC commissioned an adaptation of "Dissolution", with Kenneth Branagh set to star as Shardlake. Branagh chose instead to star as the eponymous protagonist in the BBC series "Wallander".