The samurai's wife
/ Laura Joh Rowland
- 1st ed
- New York : St. Martin's Minotaur , 2000.
- 203 p. ; 24 cm.
Sano Ichiro, the Shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has his doubts about the partnership that he and his spirited new wife, Reiko, have forged: While he recognizes that her help on his cases can be invaluable, he sometimes longs for a more traditional wife. Still, when a botched case and the resulting loss of face send Sano to the Imperial city to find a killer whose methods are as terrifying as they are elusive, he needs the talents of his wife more than ever to infiltrate the emperor's inner circle.