Author: Laura Joh Rowland
Year: 2004
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Mystery, Historical fiction, Fiction
Culture: Japan
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9780312992088
0312992084 |
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November 1694. The streets of Edo are erupting in violence as two factions struggle for control over the ruling Tokugawa regime. One is led by the shogun's cousin, Lord Matsudaira, and the other by the shogun's second-in-command, Chamberlain Yanagisawa. Each side pressures Sano Ichiro, the shogun's most honorable investigator, to join its ranks.
When one of the shogun's most trusted advisers is found dead, Sano is forced to honor a posthumous request for a murder investigation. Senior Elder Makino believed that his death would be the result of assassination rather than natural causes. Although he and Sano were bitter enemies, Makino knew that the incorruptible Sano would be duty-bound to oblige his final wish.
Under the watchful eyes and thinly veiled threats of both Lord Matsudaira and Chamberlain Yanagisawa, Sano moves with caution. Each is eager to implicate the other in Makino's death. Sano must discover whether the death was indeed murder, and if so, whether it was motivated by politics, love, or sex. The discovery of secret alliances, both romantic and military, further complicates matters. Sano's investigation has barely begun when violent death claims another of the shogun's favorites.
With his wife, Reiko, working undercover, Sano and his chief retainer, Hirata, must not only investigate multiple deaths, but stem the tide of an impending civil war, in Laura Joh Rowland's The Perfumed Sleeve.
This book is part of the "Sano Ichiro" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Incense Game"
First published in 2012
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 | "The Ronin's Mistress"
First published in 2011
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 | "The Cloud Pavilion"
First published in 2009
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 | "The Fire Kimono"
First published in 2008
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 | "The Snow Empress"
First published in 2007
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 | "Red Chrysanthemum"
First published in 2006
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 | "The Assassin's Touch"
First published in 2005
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 | "Black Lotus"
First published in 2001
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 | "The Samurai's Wife"
First published in 2000
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 | "Bundori"
First published in 1996
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 | "Shinju"
First published in 1994
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 | "The Iris Fan"
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