The Way of the Traitor
Book 3 of Sano Ichiro Mysteries
Language: English
Asia Detective Detective and mystery stories Fiction Fiction - Mystery General Historical History Ichirō; Sano (Fictitious character) Japan Japan - History - Genroku period; 1688-1704 - Fiction Laura Joh Rowland Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - Historical Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural Police Police - Japan - Tokyo - Fiction Police Procedural Samurai Samurai - Japan - Fiction Sano; Ichirō (Fictitious character)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: Sep 15, 1998
Description:
SUMMARY: A volatile, corrupt city threatened by toreign invasion and ru by an iron-fisted government, Nagasaki is the last place Sano Ichiro wants to be, Unfortunately, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People has been banished there by a wicked adversary in the shogun's court. Surrounded by spies, Sano must tread carefully. When the body of a Dutch trader washes ashore, he finds himself leading an investigation that could push Japan into war -- even as it thrusts his life into the hands of powerful enemies. Sano has to unmask a killer and prove his innocence, or his samurai head, and maybe his country, will fall.