It is a lost art, passed down by the ancients in great secrecy: Dim-mak. It is death, by the lightest touch of a finger. Sano Ichiro, tenuous in the new regime as the shogun's second-in-command...more details Format:Paperback Pages:341
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312319007
Japan, May 1695. During a horse race at Edo Castle the shogun's chief intelligence officer drops dead as his horse gallops across the finish line - the fourth in a series of sudden deaths among high-ranking officials. Sano Ichiro...more details Format:Hardback
Following the notable debut of "The Secret Adventures of Charlotte BrontA," beloved author Laura Joh Rowland offers her legions of fans the next installment in the Charlotte BrontA mystery series... with more to come. On her last escapade...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:349
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9781590206287
On a visit to London, Charlotte goes on a tour of London's most famous hospital for the mad, Bedlam. She is sure she recognizes a struggling Mr. Slade...more details Format:Paperback Pages:349
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312979584
Someone has set fire to a cottage on the premises of the prestigious Black Lotus Temple in 1691, Japan, killing three sect members. Veteran samurai - detective Sano Ichiro...more details Format:Paperback Pages:368
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312268725
In September of 1693, the Black Lotus Temple, spiritual center for hundreds of Buddhist nuns, monks, priests, and orphans, is burned to the ground leaving three dead and one orphan running for cover. Veteran samurai-detective Sano Ichiro...more details Format:Hardback
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780061011979
It is early spring, 1679, and the feudal Japanese capital, Edo, is beginning to blossom. But along its peaceful, misty streets evil lurks. With one stroke...more details Format:Paperback Pages:432
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312969226
Twenty months spent as the shogun's sosakan-sama--most honorable investigator of events, situations, and people--has left Sano Ichiro weary. He looks forward to the comforts that his arranged marriage promises: a private life with a sweet...more details Format:Paperback Pages:376
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312990039
On a whim of the shogun's mother, a procession has left the sweltering heat of Edo, bound for the cooler climate of Mount Fuji. Among her traveling companions are Reiko...more details Format:Paperback Pages:384
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312282660
It is June 1694, and Reiko, the beautiful wife of Sano Ichiro; Reiko's friend, Midori; the shogun's mother; and Lady Yanagisawa, wife of the shogun's powerful second-in-command...more details Format:Hardback Pages:336
Sano Ichiro, Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People is faced with his most challenging case when he investigates the death of Senior Elder Makino...more details Format:Hardback Pages:336
Sano Ichiro, Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People is faced with his most challenging case when he investigates the death of Senior Elder Makino...more details Format:Paperback Pages:370
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312282622
Samurai Sano Ichiro and his wife Reiko, are hot on the heels of a mysterious courtesan in bestselling novelist Laura Joh Rowland's latest historical thriller. In the carefully ordered world of 17th century Japan...more details Format:Hardback Pages:256
Sano Ichiro, Most Honurable Investigator of Events, Situations and People, discovers that the shogun's cousin and heir, murdered after a night of debauchery...more details Format:Paperback Pages:368
In Tokyo, 1698: Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to become the shogun's second-in-command, is investigating rumours of a plot to overthrow the ruling regime. But conspiracy theories travel far too close to home when Sano discovers that Lord Mori...more details Format:Paperback Pages:322
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312355326
July 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. When the investigation brings Sano's deputy Hirata to Lord Mori's estate...more details Format:Hardback
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312658526
"A brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life and] a politican's ear for intrigue." --"The New York Times Book Review Japan...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:324
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312974480
Far from the shogun's court at Edo, Most Honourable Investigator Sano Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko...more details Format:Paperback Pages:352
Laura Joh Rowland's San Ichiro novels have enthralled thousands of readers. Now the author turns her gift for historical fiction to Victorian England and the famous and fascinating Brontë family with this critically acclaimed new thriller. Upon learning that she has been falsely accused of plagiarism...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:384
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780061009501
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:448
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312365424
In Japan, 1699. Sa no Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence in the shogun's court, has attracted dangerous rivals. When their son is kidnapped...more details Format:Hardback Pages:304
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312379490
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...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:295
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9781410423030
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...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:547
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312652555
Japan, 1701. A terrified woman is brutally attacked amid a swirling storm of clouds. Meanwhile, at Edo Castle, samurai detective turned chamberlain...more details Format:Paperback Pages:295
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9781410412386
Japan, March 1700. Near a Shinto shrine in the hills, a windstorm knocks down a tree to uncover a human skeleton, long buried and forgotten. Meanwhile...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:507
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312379483
Japan, March 1700. Near a Shinto shrine in the hills, a windstorm knocks down a tree to uncover a human skeleton, long buried and forgotten. Meanwhile...more details Format:Hardback Pages:297
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312588861
Japan, March 1700. The strife between Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war. When a long-buried skeleton with mysterious links to the shogun suddenly comes to light...more details Format:Paperback Pages:297
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9781590201541
Now in paperback, the March 2008 Book Sense Pick by beloved author Laura Joh Rowland Laura Joh Rowland's samurai detective novels have enthralled tens of thousands of readers...more details Format:Paperback Pages:378
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9780312945350
Japan, 1699: On a moonlit night on the northern frontier island of Ezogashima, a woman is running through the forest when an arrow strikes her dead. Meanwhile...more details Format:Paperback Pages:310
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Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN:9781410404695
Japan, 1699. On a moonlit night in Ezogashima, the northernmost island of Japan, a woman is running through the forest when an arrow zooms out of the darkness to strike her dead. Meanwhile...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:491
Sano Ichiro, Most Honourable Investigator to the shogun, is sent to the island of Kyushu. Sano finds a Dutch visitor has been murdered, an enemy impedes his investigations...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
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Rowland Laura Joh
ISBN:9781845299026
"The sequel to the acclaimed novel Shinju again features detective Sano Ichiro as he trails a serial killer stalking feudal Japan.
Brutal murders linked to an ancient betrayal send late 17th-century Tokyo into a panic. They also spell big trouble for the Shogun's special investigator...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Rowland Laura Joh
ISBN:9781590200339
Upon learning that she has been falsely accused of plagiarism, the normally mild-mannered Charlotte Bront sets off for London to clear her name. Throughout her adventure...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:378
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Rowland Laura Joh
ISBN:9781845299040
Seventeenth-century Tokyo. When a wealthy woman and low-born artist are found drowned together in what seems to be a shinju, or ritual double suicide...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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RowlandLaura Joh
ISBN:9781849012836
Amid the political machinations of feudal Japan, Sano faces a daunting, complex investigation. Twenty months spent as the shogun's Most Honourable Investigator of Events...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:320