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Shinju - Mass Market Paperbound

by Laura Joh Rowland
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Availability:In StockContributor:Laura Joh RowlandTheme:Chronological Period/17th Century, Cultural Region/JapanesePublish date:1/1/1996Pages:448
Languages:EnglishPublisher:HarperTorchISBN-13:9780061009501ISBN-10:0061009504UPC:9780061009501Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, HistoricalBook Topic:Historical, CrimeSize:6.80 x 4.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.204Product ID:SC3BTQA15D

When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the culprit was forbidden love. Everyone but newly appointed yoriki Sano Ichiro.

Despite the official verdict and warnings from his superiors, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People suspects the deaths weren't just a tragedy -- they were murder. Risking his family's good name and his own life, Sano will search for a killer across every level of society -- determined to find answers to a mystery no one wants solved. No one but Sano...

As subtle and beautiful as the culture it evokes, Shinju vividly re-creates a world of ornate tearooms and guady pleasure-palaces, cloistered mountaintop convents and dealthy prisons.

Part love story, part myster, Shinju is a tour that will dazzle and entertain all who enter its world.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:HarperTorchISBN-13:9780061009501ISBN-10:0061009504UPC:9780061009501Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, HistoricalBook Topic:Historical, CrimeSize:6.80 x 4.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.204Product ID:SC3BTQA15D
Rowland, Laura Joh: - Laura Joh Rowland is the daughter of Chinese and Korean immigrants. She grew up in Michigan and was educated at the University of Michigan, where she graduated with a B.S. in Microbiology and a Masters in Public Health. She lives in New Orleans with her husband, Marty, and their three cats. She is the author of Shinju, Bundori, The Way of the Traitor, The Concubine's Tattoo, The Samurai's Wife, and Black Lotus, all of which feature the samurai detective Sano Ichiro.

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