According to C J. Sansom's internationally renowned Tudor murder mystery novel adaptation, this four part television series is set during the dissolution of British monasteries in the 16th century. This series will tell the story of Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with a keen sense of justice and one of the few honest people in this world full of conspiracies and conspiracies. Shardlake worked for Thomas Cromwell, who was Henry VIII's dangerous and versatile assistant. Despite Shardlake's unwavering loyalty to Cromwell and the royal family, his social status was not popular as he was a person with scoliosis during the Tudor dynasty and would be abused by "scammers" wherever he was. When he investigated the murder of a commissioner of Cromwell at a monastery in the remote town of Scandinavia, he was accompanied by Jack Barak, a proud and handsome character who may have been a spy under Cromwell.