by Laura Joh Rowland · St Martins Pr · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780312969226
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«The Concubine's Tattoo» is the historical mystery novel by Laura Joh Rowland, published by St Martins Pr in hardcover (376 pages, in English).
In seventeenth-century Japan, investigator Sano Ichiro's wedding is interrupted by the death of the shogun's favorite concubine, poisoned while getting a tattoo. To solve the case, he must delve into the world of the palace women, while his independent wife Reiko insists on helping him and defies convention.
Fourth installment of the Sano Ichiro series, published in 2000.
For fans of historical fiction and mystery, especially plots set in feudal Japan.
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.
