Rowland, Laura Joh

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.

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Sano, Ichira (Fictitious character)----Fiction
Samurai----Fiction


Japan----History----Genroku period, 1688-1704----Fiction
Kyoto (Japan)----Fiction


Detective and mystery stories
Historical fiction

PS3568.O934 / S26 2000

MYS ROW