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the fire kimono
p japan march 1700 . the strife between sano ichiro the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shoguns court and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war . p when a long buried skeleton with mysterious links to the shogun suddenly comes to light sano and his wife reiko who defies social conventions by joining in his investigations must confront dangerous secrets . what was sanos own mother doing on the night when a burning kimono ignited a blaze that nearly destroyed the city the shogun gives sano and reiko just three days to find out or risk losing not only their position at court but their families lives . p the fire kimono is another dazzling historical mystery from laura joh rowland .
paperback minotaur books 2009 isbn13 9780312588861 isbn10 0312588860
abridged n isbn 13 9780312588861 number in series 1 number of pages 297 publisher st martins pr release date 1254182400000 series title sano ichiro novels