Island of Exiles

<b>In I.J. Parker's newest mystery set in eleventh-century Japan Akitada disguises himself as a prisoner to solve the murder of a prince</b> <p/> As her audience grows with each evocative historical thriller featuring Sugawara Akitada I. J. Parker returns with a gripping tale of political intrigue and cold-blooded murder in ancient Japan. When the exiled Prince Okisada the most illustrious prisoner of the penal colony on Sado Island is poisoned Akitada is called upon by the emperor's envoys to investigate incognito. Posing as a prisoner he discovers a deadly conspiracy only to fall into the hands of brutal guards and disappear. It falls to Tora Akitada's devoted assistant to begin his own dangerous search of the island for his lost friend and the truth.