The Fire Kimono by Laura Joh Rowland audiobook

The Fire Kimono

By Laura Joh Rowland
Read by Bernadette Dunne

Blackstone Publishing, Blackstone Publishing

The Sano Ichiro Mysteries: Book 13

Unabridged

Format : Playaway (In Stock)
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  • ISBN: 9780792758068

Runtime: 11.07 Hours
Category: Fiction/Mystery & Detective
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

A Wall Street Journal Best Book for Historical Mysteries

Japan, March 1700. The strife between Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war. Called away from the crisis by the shogun's orders to investigate a mysterious skeleton, Sano and his wife, Reiko, must confront dangerous, long-buried secrets. What was Sano's 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 as well.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Pure entertainment...It takes us to an exotic time and place and overwhelms us with intrigue, romance, adventure, and frequent bloodshed.” —Washington Post
“An exciting and enthralling story set in a vividly rendered setting. I was captured by it from the moment a Shinto priest, buffeted by winds, his robe flapping ‘like a swan in mad flight,’ discovers those buried remains heaved from the earth.” —Boston Globe
“Outstanding…Rowland has given her hero his greatest challenge yet in this suspenseful look at feudal Japan.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Rowland brings Sano, his wife, a cast of supporting characters, and 18th-century Japan to life with a sweet, simple writing style.” —School Library Journal
“The novel displays Rowland’s gifts for seamlessly incorporating period detail and historical information into the traditional mystery format. Fans of historical mysteries—at least those few who haven’t already sampled this series—should be enthusiastically steered in Ichiro’s direction.” —Booklist
“The historic setting is mesmerizing. Great escape fiction.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Dunne tells this story in graceful and genteel tones. The characters represent a broad spectrum—from toddlers to octogenarians, as well as both genders. Dunne creates unique personas for each, providing continuity in an otherwise winding narrative that alternates between the present and scenes that occurred forty-three years earlier.” —AudioFile

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Author

Author Bio: Laura Joh Rowland

Author Bio: Laura Joh Rowland

Laura Joh Rowland is the acclaimed author of the mystery series featuring samurai detective Sano Ichiro set in seventeenth-century Japan, as well as a historical suspense series starring Charlotte Bronte, and a Victorian mystery series. Her work has won the RT Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Award and been included in the Wall Street Journal’s list of the five best historical mystery novels. Also her work has been nominated for the Anthony Award, the Hammett Prize, and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan. She is a former aerospace scientist, a painter, and a cartoonist.

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Available Formats : Playaway
Category: Fiction/Mystery & Detective
Runtime: 11.07
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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