The Cloud Pavilion (Sano Ichiro Novels) - Hardcover

Rowland, Laura Joh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312379498 ISBN 13: 9780312379490

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2009

Synopsis

Japan, 1701. A woman is brutally attacked within a bamboo prison as clouds swirl around her head. Meanwhile, at Edo Castle, samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano Ichiro is suspicious of his old rival, Yanagisawa, who has been oddly cooperative since returning from exile.

But just as Yanagisawa’s true motives begin to emerge, Sano’s estranged uncle comes to him for help: His daughter has disappeared, and he begs Sano and his wife—who once suffered through the kidnapping of their own son—to find her before it is too late.

About this title

Review:

Positively smokes with historical atmospherics. (Publishers Weekly)

Exotic and beguiling... a tour de force of imagination. (Robert Harris)

Masterfully evokes the subtleties and contradictions of seventeenth-century Japan. (Kirkus Reviews)

Like Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, Rowland's novel is an excellent whodunit. (Booklist)

Book Description:

The Sano Ichiro mysteries, set in seventeenth century Japan

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312379498
• ISBN 13: 9780312379490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 295