Based on the first of C.J. Sansom's Tudor-era murder mystery novels, "Shardlake," premiering Wednesday on Hulu, follows a lawyer turned reluctant detective.

Enter the Tudor-era murder mystery “Shardlake” on Hulu, set during the reign of Henry VIII and adapted from the first book in a series by C.J. Sansom (who died over the weekend at 71) about an English barrister named Matthew Shardlake.

He sold millions of copies of his Shardlake novels, set in 16th-century England. His death came days before the premiere of a TV adaptation on Hulu.

British author C.J. Sansom, best known for his historical crime novels featuring the Tudor lawyer and investigator Matthew Shardlake, has died at 71.

The creator of the highly successful crime series, set in Tudor England, was a private person who ‘preferred to be known through his novels’