2007, ISBN: 9780312992088

US: Minotaur Books, 2007. Paperback. Good. November 1694. The streets of Edo are erupting in violence as two factions struggle for control over the ruling Tokugawa regime. One is led by… More...

US: Minotaur Books, 2007. Paperback. Good. November 1694. The streets of Edo are erupting in violence as two factions struggle for control over the ruling Tokugawa regime. One is led by the sho gun's cousin, Lord Matsudaira, and the other by the shogun's second-in-comm and, Chamberlain Yanagisawa. Each side pressures Sano Ichiro, the shogun's most honorable investigator, to join its ranks. When one of the shogun's most trusted advisers is found dead, Sano is force d to honor a posthumous request for a murder investigation. Senior Elder Ma kino believed that his death would be the result of assassination rather th an natural causes. Although he and Sano were bitter enemies, Makino knew th at the incorruptible Sano would be duty-bound to oblige his final wish. Under the watchful eyes and thinly veiled threats of both Lord Matsudaira a nd Chamberlain Yanagisawa, Sano moves with caution. Each is eager to implic ate the other in Makino's death. Sano must discover whether the death was i ndeed murder, and if so, whether it was motivated by politics, love, or sex . The discovery of secret alliances, both romantic and military, further co mplicates matters. Sano's investigation has barely begun when violent death claims another of the shogun's favorites. With his wife, Reiko, working undercover, Sano and his chief retainer, Hirata, must not only investigate multiple deaths, but stem the tide of an impending civil war, in Laura Joh Rowland's The Perfumed Sleeve., Minotaur Books, 2007, 2.5<

2005, ISBN: 0312992084

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2005, ISBN: 9780312992088

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2005, ISBN: 9780312992088

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ISBN: 9780312992088

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