The Concubine's Tattoo (Sano Ichiro Novels)

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A richly crafted novel set in seventeenth-century Japan Laura Joh Rowlands The Concubines Tattoo unfolds with all the excitement of a superb murder mystery and a sweeping sensuous portrait of an exotic land. Sano Ichiro the Shoguns most honorable investigator is summoned to the imperial palace to find the murderer of Harume a young concubine poisoned while applying a lovers tattoo. Sanos new bride Reiko insists on helping him with the case. Reikos samurai blood and warriors skill alarm her new husband who expected a docile wife. But Reiko is only the first of many surprises... As subtle as the finest lacquered screen as powerful as the slash of a sword The Concubines Tattoo vividly brings to life a story of murder jealousy sexual intrigue and political storms that keeps us under its spell until the final shattering scene.