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Starred Review. Set in 1700, Rowland's outstanding 13th Sano Ichiro mystery (after 2007's The Snow Empress) finds Sano, whom the shogun raised to the rank of chamberlain several books back, waging a fierce struggle with his chief rival, Lord Matsudaira. The stakes are raised at the outset when Matsudaira's forces almost succeed in killing Sano's wife and occasional sleuthing partner, Reiko. The chamberlain soon suspects that someone else may have been behind the attack, but soon he faces a more daunting task—proving his mother innocent of the murder of one of the shogun's cousins, who vanished during the great fire that destroyed much of Edo and whose skeletal remains were just uncovered by chance. Sano must now question everything he thought he knew about his mother, with his own family facing execution should she be found guilty. Rowland has given her hero his greatest challenge yet in this suspenseful look at feudal Japan. (Nov.)
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The Sano Ichiro series continues its resurgence (after a short-lived slump, a few books ago) with its thirteenth installment. The novel takes place in Toyko, in the year 1700. Sano, formerly the shogun’s appointed samurai detective, now chamberlain, is trying to avoid going to war against his chief rival for the shogun’s favor. When a long-buried skeleton is uncovered and turns out to be a murdered cousin of the shogun, Sano welcomes the chance to put the brewing civil war aside and concentrate on some good, old-fashioned sleuthing. However, when his own mother is arrested for the 43-year-old crime, the investigation shifts from cold case to a race against time to save Sano’s family, his reputation, and his future at court. The novel displays Rowland’s gifts for seamlessly incorporating period detail and historical information into the traditional mystery format. Fans of historical mysteries—at least those few who haven’t already sampled this series—should be enthusiastically steered in Ichiro's direction. --David Pitt
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Starred Review. Set in 1700, Rowland's outstanding 13th Sano Ichiro mystery (after 2007's The Snow Empress) finds Sano, whom the shogun raised to the rank of chamberlain several books back, waging a fierce struggle with his chief rival, Lord Matsudaira. The stakes are raised at the outset when Matsudaira's forces almost succeed in killing Sano's wife and occasional sleuthing partner, Reiko. The chamberlain soon suspects that someone else may have been behind the attack, but soon he faces a more daunting task—proving his mother innocent of the murder of one of the shogun's cousins, who vanished during the great fire that destroyed much of Edo and whose skeletal remains were just uncovered by chance. Sano must now question everything he thought he knew about his mother, with his own family facing execution should she be found guilty. Rowland has given her hero his greatest challenge yet in this suspenseful look at feudal Japan. (Nov.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
The Sano Ichiro series continues its resurgence (after a short-lived slump, a few books ago) with its thirteenth installment. The novel takes place in Toyko, in the year 1700. Sano, formerly the shogun’s appointed samurai detective, now chamberlain, is trying to avoid going to war against his chief rival for the shogun’s favor. When a long-buried skeleton is uncovered and turns out to be a murdered cousin of the shogun, Sano welcomes the chance to put the brewing civil war aside and concentrate on some good, old-fashioned sleuthing. However, when his own mother is arrested for the 43-year-old crime, the investigation shifts from cold case to a race against time to save Sano’s family, his reputation, and his future at court. The novel displays Rowland’s gifts for seamlessly incorporating period detail and historical information into the traditional mystery format. Fans of historical mysteries—at least those few who haven’t already sampled this series—should be enthusiastically steered in Ichiro's direction. --David Pitt
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Lord Matsudaira, Lord Arima, Chamberlain Sano, Lady Ateki, Great Fire, Colonel Doi, General Isogai, Lieutenant Asukai, Edo Castle, Lord Naganori, Tokugawa Tadatoshi, Edo Jail, Captain Ogyu, Lady Reiko, Ladv Ateki, Detective Marume, Hachijo Island, Honorable Cousin, Edo Morgue, Nihonbashi Bridge, Arashi Kodenji, Lord Tokugawa Naganori, Honorable Daughter-in-law, There Sano, Honorable Chamberlain Browse Sample Pages:
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Lord Matsudaira, Lord Arima, Chamberlain Sano, Lady Ateki, Great Fire, Colonel Doi, General Isogai, Lieutenant Asukai, Edo Castle, Lord Naganori, Tokugawa Tadatoshi, Edo Jail, Captain Ogyu, Lady Reiko, Ladv Ateki, Detective Marume, Hachijo Island, Honorable Cousin, Edo Morgue, Nihonbashi Bridge, Arashi Kodenji, Lord Tokugawa Naganori, Honorable Daughter-in-law, There Sano, Honorable Chamberlain Browse Sample Pages:
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