{"product_id":"the-samurais-wife-paperback","title":"The Samurai's Wife - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Joh Rowland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling murder mystery set in seventeenth-century Japan, filled with finely drawn characters and suspenseful plot twists, Laura Joh Rowland's \u003ci\u003eThe Samurai's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel as complex, vivid, and artful as the glorious, lost world it portrays. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Far from the Shogun's court at Edo, Most Honorable Investigator Sano Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko, Sano arrives with her at the emperor's palace to unmask the murderer--who possesses the secret of \u003ci\u003ekiai\u003c\/i\u003e, the spirit city, a powerful scream that can kill instantly. A high Kyoto official is the victim. Treading carefully through a web of spies, political intrigue, forbidden passions, and intricate plots, Sano and Reiko must struggle to stay ahead of the palace storm--and outwit a cunning killer. But as they soon discover, solving the case means more than their survival. For if they fail, Japan could be consumed in the bloodiest war it has ever seen...\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN THE IMPERIAL CITY OF KYOTO, POWER IS MERELY CEREMONIAL. BUT AN ANCIENT EVIL STILL SURVIVES...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from the shogun's court at Edo, Most Honorable Investigator Sano Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko, Sano arrives with her at the emperor's palace to unmask the murderer -- who possesses the secret of kiai, \"the spirit cry\", a powerful scream that can kill instantly. A high Kyoto official is the victim. Treading carefully through a web of spies, political intrigue, forbidden passions, and intricate plots, Sano and Reiko must struggle to stay ahead of the palace storms -- and outwit a cunning killer. But as they soon discover, solving the case means more than their survival. For if they fail, Japan could be consumed in the bloodiest war it has ever seen...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA legendary land comes alive in this compelling murder mystery set in seventeenth-century Japan. Filled with finely drawn characters and suspenseful plot twists, The Samurai's Wife is a novel as complex, vivid, and artful as the glorious, lost world it portrays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAURA JOH ROWLAND\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Sano Ichiro mysteries (\u003ci\u003eThe Ronin's Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Incense Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shogun's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, etc.), which have been named Best Mysteries of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and won RT Book Review Reviewers' Choice Awards. She lived through a natural disaster when Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed her house in New Orleans, and now lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444799029426,"sku":"9781250035783","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a0f09fd488799620d74ea43dce0c0f3d.webp?v=1778711579","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-samurais-wife-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}