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Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland
Category: Fiction
In the most fascinating and evocative novel of ancient Japan since Shogun. A mysterious suicide launches an unorthodox investigation. When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and artist Nuryioshi are found dead from ritual double love suicide, or Shinju, one man is not satisfied with the official report. Investig ...Show more
The Cloud Pavilion by Laura Joh Rowland
Category: Fiction | Series: Sano Ichiro Series
A fortress in the sky... Japan, 1701. A woman is brutally attacked within a bamboo prison as clouds swirl around her head. Meanwhile, at Edo Castle, samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano Ichiro is suspicious of his old rival, Yanagisawa, who has been oddly cooperative since his return from exile. ...Show more
The Concubine's Tattoo by Laura Joh Rowland
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Sano Ichiro Mystery
Amid the political machinations of feudal Japan, Sano faces a daunting, complex investigation. Twenty months spent as the shogun's most honourable investigator of events, situations and people have left Sano weary. He looks forward to the comforts of his arranged marriage and month's holiday to celebrat ...Show more
The Further Adventures of Charlotte Bronte: Bedlam by Laura Joh Rowland
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Further Adventures of Charlotte Bronte Ser.
Upon visiting Bedlam, London's notorious mental institution, for research for an upcoming project, Charlotte is shocked to see someone who looks just like her old flame, John Slade, who went to Russia on a mission for the Queen just two years earlier and hasn't been heard from since. Thus unfolds anothe ...Show more