Archbishop Cranmer has asked Shardlake to conduct a secret hunt for a serial killer who is enacting, through a series of gory tableaux, a prophecy from the Book of Revelation.

Though the extraordinary events at the seventh victim's house in Hertfordshire suggest that the prophecy is fulfilled, Shardlake is convinced that the killer has one final, terrible act planned and that it somehow involves Catherine Parr.

The conclusion of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novel starring Justin Salinger as detective Matthew Shardlake.

Shardlake ...... Justin Salinger
Barak ...... Bryan Dick
Guy ...... Vincent Ebrahim
Harsnet ...... Carl Prekopp
Dorothy ...... Emily Bruni
Cantrell ...... David Seddon
Cranmer ...... Sean Baker
Lockley ...... Patrick Brennan
Adam ...... Luke MacGregor
Tamasin ...... Kirsty Oswald
Bunce ...... Clare Perkins

Other parts played by the cast.

Dramatised by Colin MacDonald.

Director: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017. Show less