Sovereign

Actually just read this out of order but as they are stand alone that did not really matter. Sansom is, so far, the best of the historical whodunnit crowd. The others that i love (Eco, Iain Pears) are all one off. He is not afraid (and I really do not mind) the extra hundred odd pages of character development and historical context. Plus, having spent a wonderful Xmas in York i loved the setting.