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The Fire Kimono

Laura Joh Rowland author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Griffin Publishing

Published:8th Oct '09

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It's Japan, March 1700. The strife between Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war. When a long-buried skeleton with mysterious links to the shogun suddenly comes to light, Sano and his wife, Reiko, who defies social conventions by joining in his investigations, must confront dangerous secrets. What was Sano's own mother doing on the night when a burning kimono ignited a blaze that nearly destroyed the city? The shogun gives Sano and Reiko just three days to find out - or risk losing not only their position at court but their families' lives.

"Pure entertainment...it takes us to an exotic time and place and overwhelms us with intrigue, romance, adventure and frequent bloodshed." - THE WASHINGTON POST "Outstanding.... Rowland has given her hero his greatest challenge yet in this suspenseful look at feudal Japan." Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

ISBN: 9780312588861

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

304 pages