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1) Shinjū
Author
Series
Sano Ichirō novel volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©1994
Language
English
Description
In 17th Century Japan, Sano Ichiro, senior police commander, investigates the death of a noblewoman and a peasant who drowned in a river tied to each other. Officials say a love-suicide, but Ichiro says murder and sees a suspect in the royal family--for which he is fired. But he doesn't give up.
Author
Series
Publisher
Villard
Pub. Date
©1996
Language
English
Description
In 17th Century Japan, Investigator Sano Ichiro probes a series of revenge killings connected to a century-old dispute. But how to bring the guilty to justice when they are powerful men? Part mystery, part personal drama as Sano--himself a samurai--tries valiantly to follow bushido, the way of the warrior in a society whose ancient noble ways have been all but forgotten. By the author of Shinju.
4) Black Lotus
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Ichiro Sano's investigation of a triple murder at the Black Lotus Temple in 17th century Japan leads him to suspect an orphan girl. His wife, Reiko, believes the girl is innocent and starts her own investigation.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
When four women, including his wife, are kidnapped and imprisoned in the tower of a ruined palace, Sano Ichiro is directed by his shogun under penalty of death to work with his enemies in order to secure the women's freedom.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When the shogun's chief intelligence officer suddenly drops dead during a horse race at Edo Castle, the shogun enlists the talents of Sano Ichiro to investigate, putting the sleuth on the trail of a secret movement looking to overthrow the regime.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In 1698 Japan, samurai detective Sano Ichirō finds his role as the shogun's trusted advisor threatened when the shogun's heir, Lord Mori, is found murdered, with Sano's pregnant wife, Reiko, lying beside him, naked and covered in blood.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In 1699 Japan, when their son is kidnapped by dangerous rivals jealous over his influence in the shogun's court, Sano Ichiro and his wife, Reiko, search desperately for the boy, only to be trapped by Lord Matsumae, who has been driven mad by the murder of his mistress.
10) The fire kimono
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Japan, March 1700. Troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence. The troops who have attacked Reiko appear to belong to Sano's enemy, Lord Matsudaira, who denies all responsibility. But if the rivals are not to blame, who is?
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a woman's brutal attack in 1701 Japan, samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano Ichiro suspects the true motives of a formerly exiled rival who has been oddly cooperative, a situation that is further complicated by a relative's disappearance.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide? Sano Ichiro, demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When the shogun is forced to claim an illegitimate son as his heir after the death of his only child, Sano Ichirō, believing the malevolent youth to be part of a plot to seize power, risks the safety and honor of his family to uncover the truth.
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