The Red Chrysanthemum (Sano Ichiro Series) - Hardcover

Rowland, Laura Joh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312355327 ISBN 13: 9780312355326

Publisher: Minotaur Books,US, 2006

Synopsis

This story is set in Japan, 1698. Sano Ichiro may be a samurai sleuth and the shogun's trusted advisor, but his growing power at court makes him - and his family - a target for treachery. And this time gruesome discovery brings especially tough questions. Lord Mori, heir to the shogun, is found grotesquely mutilated and murdered - with Sano's pregnant wife, Reiko, lying beside him naked and covered in blood. Sano seeks the truth behind the Rashomon-like accounts of the murder, the stakes are almost unbearably high, and the only piece of evidence is a white Chrysanthemum - stained red with blood.

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Review:

"Rowland has a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life, as well as a politician's ear for intrigue." - The New York Times Book Review."

From the Back Cover:

THE TRUTH IS DRENCHED IN BLOOD
Tokyo, 1698: Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to become the shogun's second-in-command, is investigating rumors of a plot to overthrow the ruling regime. But conspiracy theories travel far too close to home when Sano discovers that Lord Mori, heir to the shogun, has been found murdered in his own bed with Sano's pregnant wife, Reiko, lying naked beside him. Was Reiko Lord Mori's scorned mistress, and vengeful assassin, as Lady Mori alleges? Or is she involved in a stunning hoax with her husband--as the "ghost" of Lord Mori""has charged? Now, in a desperate race against time, Sano must find the real killer or face execution for treason. . .unless he can solve the mystery of the" RED CHRYSANTHEMUM"

"A blend [of] political intrigue and barbed sexual commentary."
--"Entertainment Weekly"
"Rowland has a painter's eye [and] a politician's ear for intrigue."--"The New York Times Book Review"

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books,US
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312355327
• ISBN 13: 9780312355326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288