{"product_id":"the-perfumed-sleeve-a-novel-sano-ichiro-novels","title":"The Perfumed Sleeve: A Novel (Sano Ichiro Novels)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovember 1694. The streets of Edo are erupting in violence as two factions struggle for control over the ruling Tokugawa regime. One is led by the shoguns cousin  Lord Matsudaira  and the other by the shoguns second-in-command  Chamberlain Yanagisawa. Each side pressures Sano Ichiro  the shoguns most honorable investigator  to join its ranks. When one of the shoguns most trusted advisers is found dead  Sano is forced to honor a posthumous request for a murder investigation. Senior Elder Makino believed that his death would be the result of assassination rather than natural causes. Although he and Sano were bitter enemies  Makino knew that the incorruptible Sano would be duty-bound to oblige his final wish. Under the watchful eyes and thinly veiled threats of both Lord Matsudaira and Chamberlain Yanagisawa  Sano moves with caution. Each is eager to implicate the other in Makinos death. Sano must discover whether the death was indeed murder  and if so  whether it was motivated by politics  love  or sex. The discovery of secret alliances  both romantic and military  further complicates matters. Sanos investigation has barely begun when violent death claims another of the shoguns favorites. With his wife  Reiko  working undercover  Sano and his chief retainer  Hirata  must not only investigate multiple deaths  but stem the tide of an impending civil war  in Laura Joh Rowlands The Perfumed Sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968189558837,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312992084","price":28.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312992088.jpg?v=1770648708","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-perfumed-sleeve-a-novel-sano-ichiro-novels","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}