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Shinju (Sano Ichiro)

Shinju (Sano Ichiro)

by Laura Joh Rowland (Author)

  • New

    Paperback 2009

    $19.79

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    Paperback 1995

    $4.19

  • Used

    Hardcover 1994

    $15.18
Synopsis

Seventeenth-century Tokyo is the setting for Rowland's first book in a murder mystery series featuring Sano Ichiro the Senior Police Commander in the district of Edo. Ichiro is a samurai whose academic background puts him at odds with most of his peers. When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in what seems to be a shinju, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the cause was their forbidden love. Everyone, that is, but Sano Ichiro. Despite the official verdict and being warned off by his superiors, the shogun's Most Honourable Investigator of Events, Situations and People suspects this double death was not only a tragedy - it was murder. Risking his family's good name and his own life, Sano will search for the killer across every level of society, determined to find answers to a mystery no one else seems to want solved ...

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10 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 431
 Publisher: Constable
Published: 25 Jun 2009
ISBN 10: 1845299043
ISBN 13: 9781845299040
Book Overview: The fantastic first book in Laura Joh Rowland's 17th Century mystery series featuring Sano Ichiro

Media Reviews
An exotic and beguiling mystery story; a tour de force of imagination -- Robert Harris
Intriguing... an interesting... exciting tale. * New York Times Book Review *
Nearly impossible to put down. * The Washington Post Book World *
Rowland... shows sure command of her background material and demonstrates that she is a writer of depth and potential. * Publishers Weekly *
Author Bio
Laura Joh Rowland came to writing by accident, having first gained a degree in microbiology and a masters in public health, and then working as a chemist and microbiologist. She is the author of more than a dozen acclaimed murder mysteries, particularly the Sano Ichiro series set in feudal Japan and featuring samurai detective Sano Ichiro. The granddaughter of Chinese and Korean immigrants, Laura Joh Rowland grew up in Michigan and now lives in New Orleans.