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- A compelling murder mystery set in seventeenth-century Japan, filled with finely drawn characters and suspenseful plot twists, Laura Joh Rowland's The Samurai's Wife is a novel as complex, vivid, and artful as the glorious, lost world it portrays.
- About the Author: LAURA JOH ROWLAND is the author of the Sano Ichiro mysteries (The Ronin's Mistress, The Incense Game, The Shogun's Daughter, etc.), which have been named Best Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly and won RT Book Review Reviewers' Choice Awards.
- 302 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
- Series Name: Sano Ichiro Novels
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In this sequel to "The Concubine's Tattoo", set in 17th century Japan, Most Honorable Investigator Sano Ichiro is joined by his strong-willed wife, Reiko, to unmask the murderer of a high Kyoto official at the emperor's palace. Martin's Press.Book Synopsis
A compelling murder mystery set in seventeenth-century Japan, filled with finely drawn characters and suspenseful plot twists, Laura Joh Rowland's The Samurai's Wife is a novel as complex, vivid, and artful as the glorious, lost world it portrays.
Far from the Shogun's court at Edo, Most Honorable Investigator Sano Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko, Sano arrives with her at the emperor's palace to unmask the murderer--who possesses the secret of kiai, "the spirit city," a powerful scream that can kill instantly. A high Kyoto official is the victim. Treading carefully through a web of spies, political intrigue, forbidden passions, and intricate plots, Sano and Reiko must struggle to stay ahead of the palace storm--and outwit a cunning killer. But as they soon discover, solving the case means more than their survival. For if they fail, Japan could be consumed in the bloodiest war it has ever seen...From the Back Cover
IN THE IMPERIAL CITY OF KYOTO, POWER IS MERELY CEREMONIAL. BUT AN ANCIENT EVIL STILL SURVIVES...Far from the shogun's court at Edo, Most Honorable Investigator Sano Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko, Sano arrives with her at the emperor's palace to unmask the murderer -- who possesses the secret of kiai, "the spirit cry", a powerful scream that can kill instantly. A high Kyoto official is the victim. Treading carefully through a web of spies, political intrigue, forbidden passions, and intricate plots, Sano and Reiko must struggle to stay ahead of the palace storms -- and outwit a cunning killer. But as they soon discover, solving the case means more than their survival. For if they fail, Japan could be consumed in the bloodiest war it has ever seen...
A legendary land comes alive in this compelling murder mystery set in seventeenth-century Japan. Filled with finely drawn characters and suspenseful plot twists, The Samurai's Wife is a novel as complex, vivid, and artful as the glorious, lost world it portrays.
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"You'll immediately recognize [Sano] as an ancestor of Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade." --Denver Post
"As a fan of Shogun, it's easy to say that The Samurai's Wife provided me with the same sense of place and culture that was so invigorating in James Clavell's epic yarn...Rowland's a pretty terrific storyteller." --Chicago TribuneAbout the Author
LAURA JOH ROWLAND is the author of the Sano Ichiro mysteries (The Ronin's Mistress, The Incense Game, The Shogun's Daughter, etc.), which have been named Best Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly and won RT Book Review Reviewers' Choice Awards. She lived through a natural disaster when Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed her house in New Orleans, and now lives in New York City.Shipping details
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