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~5h 41min
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English
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Police
Police Spouses
Samurai
Fiction
St. Martin's Minotaur
ISBN
0312979584, 9780312979584
Editions
Mass Market Paperback
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About Author

Laura Joh Rowland

Laura Joh Rowland (born 1953) is an American detective/mystery author, known for her series of historical mystery novels featuring protagonist Sano Ichirō (佐野 一郎) set in feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 17th century. She is also the author of two other historical mystery series, one featuring a fictionalized Charlotte Brontë, as well an ongoing series set in Victorian England around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders.

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"There was lamp oil spilled along the path to the cottage and on the ground around it."...

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Ichiro Sano's investigation of a triple murder at the Black Lotus Temple in 17th century Japan leads him to suspect an orphan girl. His wife, Reiko, believes the girl is innocent and starts her own investigation.

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