by Laura Joh Rowland · Minotaur Books,US · tapa dura · ISBN 9780312355326
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«Red Chrysanthemum» is the historical mystery novel by Laura Joh Rowland, published by Minotaur Books in hardcover (304 pages, in English).
In 1698 Japan, samurai detective Sano Ichiro investigates a conspiracy. Lord Mori is found murdered, and Sano's pregnant wife, Reiko, lies beside the corpse, covered in blood. The only clue is a red-stained chrysanthemum, and the contradictory accounts of the crime threaten his family and honor.
Eleventh installment in the Sano Ichiro series, featuring the samurai detective of the same name; the novel was originally published in English in 2006.
For readers of historical mystery and thrillers set in 17th-century Japan, fans of detective sagas.
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.
