A volatile, corrupt city threatened by toreign invasion and ru by an iron-fisted government, Nagasaki is the last place Sano Ichiro wants to be, Unfortunately, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People has been banished there by a wicked adversary in the shogun's cou
The way of the traitor: a samurai mystery
β Scribed by Laura Joh Rowland
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;HarperTorch
- Year
- 1998;2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0061010901
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
A volatile, corrupt city threatened by toreign invasion and ru by an iron-fisted government, Nagasaki is the last place Sano Ichiro wants to be, Unfortunately, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People has been banished there by a wicked adversary in the shogun's court. Surrounded by spies, Sano must tread carefully. When the body of a Dutch trader washes ashore, he finds himself leading an investigation that could push Japan into war -- even as it thrusts his life into the hands of powerful enemies. Sano has to unmask a killer and prove his innocence, or his samurai head, and maybe his country, will fall.
β¦ Subjects
Mystery
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