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After ''Dark Fire'' was published, a ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]'' review made this comment: "Historical crime fiction is sometimes little more than a modern adventure in fancy dress. Not so the novels of CJ Sansom, whose magnificent books set in the reign of Henry VIII bring to life the sounds and smells of Tudor England..."<ref>[http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/title.asp?AuthorID=20&TitleID=86 C. J. Sansom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815194515/http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/title.asp?AuthorID=20&TitleID=86 |date=15 August 2007 }} article at Greene Heaton.</ref>
In the books, Shardlake works as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, Lady Elizabeth, in the novel ''[[Tombland]]'' (published in 2018), investigating a murder during the time of [[Kett's Rebellion]] in Norfolk. "Tombland is more of a grand historical epic than a tightly packed whodunnit, like some of the earlier novels; but 800 pages in Shardlake’s company will always fly by".
<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-28 |title=Tombland by CJ Sansom review – royals and revolting peasants |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/28/tombland-cj-sansom-review |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Dissolution (C. J. Sansom novel)|Dissolution]]'' was adapted in 10 episodes for [[BBC Radio 4]] in September 2012, and ''Revelation'' in March 2017. The author's death occurred less than a week before the television version of ''Dissolution'' was to start streaming on the [[Disney+]]network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/29/cj-sansom-author-of-the-shardlake-novels-dies-aged-71|title=CJ Sansom, author of the Shardlake novels, dies aged 71|date=29 April 2024|work=The Guardian |access-date=29 April 2024|quote=}}</ref>
Sansom explained his reasons for making his protagonist a barrister, in an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]''.<blockquote>"I thought it made sense for Shardlake to be a lawyer for a number of reasons. First, the law was my profession: I find legal practice endlessly interesting. Second, it existed then and now, so it provides a point of contact for readers. And third, it's democratic: it offers a way into any number of mysteries, and puts Shardlake in the way of an endless variety of characters."</blockquote> Sansom also said that he plans to write further Shardlake novels taking the lawyer into the reign of Elizabeth I.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
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