Shinju
$74.55
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
20 September 2006
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845299040 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845299043 |
| Author: | Laura Joh Rowland |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 20 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 168mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Sano Ichiro |
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Critics Review
An exotic and beguiling mystery story; a tour de force of imagination
An exotic and beguiling mystery story; a tour de force of imagination
Intriguing… an interesting… exciting tale. - New York Times Book ReviewNearly impossible to put down. - The Washington Post Book WorldRowland… shows sure command of her background material and demonstrates that she is a writer of depth and potential. - Publishers WeeklyLaura Joh Rowland
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.
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