by Laura Joh Rowland · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478889419
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«El diario íntimo de la cortesana» is the historical mystery novel by Laura Joh Rowland, published by Salamandra in hardcover (352 pages, in Spanish).
In seventeenth-century Japan, the shogun's heir is found dead in Yoshiwara, the pleasure district. Samurai detective Sano Ichiro investigates the case; the suspect is Lady Wisteria, a courtesan who was his lover. The appearance of Lady Wisteria's intimate diary embroils him in a political conspiracy that threatens his life and his family's.
It is the seventh book in the historical mystery series featuring Sano Ichiro. The original title of this novel is The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria.
For fans of historical and mystery fiction, with a plot set in seventeenth-century Japan and in the shogun's court.
Laura Joh Rowland is an American detective/mystery author, known for her series of historical mystery novels featuring protagonist Sano Ichirō set in feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 17th century. She is also the author of two other historical mystery series, one featuring a fictionalized Charlotte Brontë, as well an ongoing series set in Victorian England around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders.
