Laura Joh Rowland
The Ronin’s Mistress: A Novel of Feudal Japan
Sano Ichiro, the heroic investigator of this novel, has been demoted from chancellor to investigator because of the machinations of…
The Fire Kimono
Tokyo, March, 1700: a storm uproots a huge tree near a Shinto shrine, nearly injuring an elderly priest and uncovering…
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte
Three talented, young sisters are forced to publish under a male pseudonym in Victorian England. Fearing exposure after an accusation…
The Red Chrysanthemum
Sano Ichiro, chamberlain to the shōgun, finds himself in the most difficult situation he’s ever faced (and he’s faced some—see…
The Perfumed Sleeve
This is the ninth outing for the medieval Japanese detective and his intrepid wife, sort of a Macmillan and Wife…
The Samurai’s Wife
Normally the most absorbing aspect of even a historical whodunit is the plot, but in Rowland’s superb Sano and Reiko…
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