The Perfumed Sleeve (Sano Ichiro Mystery) (Sano Ichiro, #9)

by Laura Joh Rowland

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November 1694. The streets of Edo are erupting in violence as two factions struggle for control over the ruling Tokugawa regime. One is led by the shogun's cousin, Lord Matsudaira, and the other by the shogun's second-in-command, Chamberlain Yanagisawa. Each side pressures Sano Ichiro, the shogun's most honorable investigator, to join its ranks.

When one of the shogun's most trusted advisers is found dead, Sano is forced to honor a posthumous request for a murder investigation. Senior Elder Makino believed that his death would be the result of assassination rather than natural causes. Although he and Sano were bitter enemies,...

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  • ISBN13 9780312992088
  • Publish Date 5 April 2005 (first published 6 April 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 13 December 2008
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Tor Books
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 384
  • Language English