CJ Sansom introduced an appreciative reading audience to Matthew Shardlake, a crafty 16th century attorney specializing in property law, in his well received debut novel, "Dissolution". In "Dark Fire", Shardlake has been asked by a family friend to defend his niece, young Elizabeth Wentworth, accused of viciously killing her step-brother by pushing him into a deep, abandoned well. Elizabeth, verging on the loss of her reason, simply refuses to speak in her own behalf and will … more