The Assassin's Touch: A Thriller

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It is a lost art passed down by the ancients in great secrecy: Dim-mak. It is death by the lightest touch of a finger. Sano Ichiro tenuous in the new regime as the shoguns second-in-command does not have the luxury of skepticism?another senior official is dead a fingerprint lightly glazed into his skin. Sanos wife Reiko has an investigation of her own: a beautiful proud and hopelessly poor woman has confessed to murdering her family. Yet the pieces do not fit and as Reiko looks deeper into the womans life as a hinin?a moral outcast shunned by the world?inexplicable connections appear between her investigation and Sanos. As Reikos questions spiral her further into the squalor of life as a hinin Sano and Hirata?his most loyal samurai?pursure their prey uncovering an intricate tapestry of betrayal woven into the highest levels of the new regime. But they are no match for the one who has mastered dim-mak a warrior who will strike all those who cross him or his path--even Reiko. Elegantly told and interspersed with delicious bits of history (Kirkus Reviews) Laura Joh Rowlands The Assassins Touch is a mystery you wont want to miss.