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The Perfumed Sleeve

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History
Government Investigators
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St. Martin's Paperbacks 3 views
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0312318898
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Mass Market Paperback
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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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News of trouble sent Sano Ichiro abroad in the city of Edo at midnight...

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When 1694 Edo erupts into violence in the wake of a conflict between two rival factions, the shogun's investigator, Sano Ichiro, is urged by both sides to join their numbers, a situation that turns deadly when a high-ranking official is murdered.

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