The Iris Fan: A Novel of Feudal Japan (Hardcover) by Laura Joh Rowland

from janerawoof

Fascinating historical mystery set in 1700's Japan. The sleuth, Sano Ichiro, and his wife Reiko set out to solve the attempted assassination of the current shogun who has been stabbed with an iron fan with iris motif. Although the writing style was somewhat pedestrian and simplistic, I enjoyed le...

from BrokenTeepee

This is my second book by Ms. Rowland but it makes me wish I had more space in my reading schedule to fit in more of Sano's adventures. I would very much like to go back to the beginning of his story and read it from its inception. Don't worry that you need to have read any of the previous 17 nov...

from BrokenTeepee

This is my second book by Ms. Rowland but it makes me wish I had more space in my reading schedule to fit in more of Sano's adventures. I would very much like to go back to the beginning of his story and read it from its inception. Don't worry that you need to have read any of the previous 17 nov...