The Ronin's Mistress: A Novel of Feudal Japan: 15 (Sano Ichiro Novels)

by Laura Joh Rowland (Author), Laura Joh Rowland (Author)

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Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, forty-seven fiercely determined warriors murder the man at the centre of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless r No. nin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge - but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide? Sano Ichir No., demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honourable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend - while his own fortunes hang in the balance.

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Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, forty-seven fiercely determined warriors murder the man at the centre of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless r No. nin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge - but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide? Sano Ichir No., demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honourable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend - while his own fortunes hang in the balance.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 21 Sep 2012
ISBN 10: 1250015235
ISBN 13: 9781250015235

Media Reviews

Masterful. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Cloud Pavilion

An exercise in pure entertainment. -- The Washington Post on The Fire Kimono

[Rowland's] Japan is a mix of Kabuki theater-like stylized formality, palace intrigue, and physical action that would do a martial arts movie proud. -- The New Orleans Times-Picayune on The Snow Empress

Sano may carry a sword and wear a kimono, but you'll immediately recognize him as an ancestor of Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade. --The Denver Post

Author Bio

LAURA JOH ROWLAND is the author of fourteen previous Sano Ichiro mysteries. The Fire Kimono was named one of the Wall Street Journal's Five Best Historical Mystery Novels ; and The Snow Empress and The Cloud Pavilion, were among Publishers Weekly's Best Mysteries of the Year. She lives in New York City.