Sano Ichiro mysteries
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Shinju , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 1
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Bundori: a novel of Japan , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 2
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Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 3
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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In a novel with echoes of Noble House, The Alchemist, and Gorky Park, Japan's preeminent detective-Samurai, Sano Ichiro, returns to risk his honor and life. In 1690 Nagasaki, Sano must crack his most sensitive case yet as he sets about to discover who killed a Dutch trader whose body has washed up on the shore of a small island famed for its "barbarians."
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The concubine's tattoo , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 4
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The samurai's wife , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 5
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Black Lotus , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 6
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The pillow book of Lady Wisteria , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 7
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Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 8
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St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
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1st ed.
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English
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When four women, including his wife, are kidnapped and imprisoned in the tower of a ruined palace, Sano Ichiro is directed by his shogun under penalty of death to work with his enemies in order to secure the women's freedom.
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The perfumed sleeve , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 9
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The assassin's touch , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 10
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Red chrysanthemum , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 11
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The snow empress , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 12
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13) The Fire Kimono
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Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 13
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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. Called away from the crisis by the shogun's orders to investigate a mysterious skeleton, Sano and his wife, Reiko, must confront dangerous, long-buried secrets. What was Sano's own mother doing on the night when a burning kimono ignited a blaze that nearly destroyed the city? The...
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The cloud pavilion , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 14
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The Ronin's mistress , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 15
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The incense game: a novel of feudal Japan , Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 16
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Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 17
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Japan, 1704. In an elegant mansion a young woman named Tsuruhime lies on her deathbed. The death of the Shogun's daughter has immediate consequences on his regime. Faced with his own mortality and beset by troubles, he names as his heir Yoshisato, the seventeen-year-old son he only recently discovered was his. Until five months ago, Yoshisato was raised as the illegitimate son of Yanagisawa, the shogun's favorite advisor. Yanagisawa is also the longtime...
18) The Iris Fan
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Sano Ichiro mysteries volume 18
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Japan, 1709. Amid the ever-treacherous intrigue in the court, Sano Ichiro has been demoted from chamberlain to a lowly patrol guard. His relationship with his wife Reiko is in tatters, and a bizarre new alliance between his two enemies Yanagisawa and Lord Ienobu has left him puzzled and wary. Then a harrowing, almost inconceivable crime takes place. In his own palace, the shogun is stabbed with a fan made of painted silk with sharp-pointed iron...