Author: Laura Joh Rowland Year: 2008 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction, Fiction Culture: Japan
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ISBNs: 9780312379483 9780312588861 031237948X 0312588860 |
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Japan, March 1700. Near a Shinto shrine in the hills, a windstorm knocks down a tree to uncover a human skeleton, long buried and forgotten. Meanwhile, in the nearby city of Edo, troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence in the shogun's court. The troops who attacked Reiko appear to belong to Sano's fiercest enemy, Lord Matsudaira, who denies all responsibility. But if the rivals are not to blame for each other's misfortune, who is? Just as Sano's strife with Matsudaira begins to escalate to the brink of war, the shogun orders Sano to investigate the origins of the mysterious skeleton, buried with swords that identify it as belonging to the shogun's cousin, who disappeared forty years earlier on the night that a cursed kimono touched off a fire that nearly destroyed the city. Suddenly, Sano and Reiko are forced to confront dangerous, long-buried secrets that expose Sano's own mother as the possible culprit. The shogun gives Sano and Reiko just three days to clear her name--or risk losing not only their position at court but their families' lives.
This book is part of the "Sano Ichiro" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Incense Game" First published in 2012 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Ronin's Mistress" First published in 2011 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Cloud Pavilion" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Snow Empress" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Red Chrysanthemum" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Assassin's Touch" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Perfumed Sleeve" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Black Lotus" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Samurai's Wife" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Bundori" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Shinju" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Iris Fan" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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