{"product_id":"the-assassins-touch-a-thriller-9780312992095","title":"The Assassin's Touch: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650405392437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312992092","price":68.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312992095.jpg?v=1781795730","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-assassins-touch-a-thriller-9780312992095","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}