What makes this novel worth reading sure isn't style or plot but the cultural and historical picture of Japan under the Shogunate. While it dips at times through others' points of view, this tale is mostly seen through the eyes of Sano Ichiru, a samurai currently employed as a Yoriki, supervising po...
This was one of the books in the series I didn't have at the time when I first read through the series. It was nice to fill in the blank spot in the time line.
I'm very ambivalant about this series. One the one hand, the historical detail is amazing, and I truly enjoy the main characters. On the other, every book in this series seems to center around a sex crime of some sort, and it would be nice for a change of pace in that regard.Add in a set of recurrin...
"Shinju" is a type of ritual suicide that star-crossed lovers practiced in Shogun-era Japan. Appropriately, this novel starts with a double-murder disguised as shinju: a noblewoman and a commoner artist are found in the river, bound together, with a suicide pact letter on the artist's person. Yor...
In Japan of the 1670's, Sano Ichiro's elderly, ailing father has pulled some strings to get him appointed yoriki (which seems to be much like a police sergeant). However, from the very start, Sano finds himself in conflict at his job - his superior orders him to quietly bury the embarrassing discove...
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