The Cloud Pavilion: A Novel: 14 (Sano Ichiro Novels 14)

Publishers Weekly calls Laura Joh Rowlands The Cloud Pavilion One of the best mysteries of the year. In this next installment of the enthralling series samurai hero Sano Ichiro must mend old family fissures and bring a culprit who has disgraced his cousin to justice. . Japan 1701. A terrified woman is brutally attacked amid a swirling storm of clouds. Meanwhile at Edo Castle samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano Ichiro is suspicious of his old rival Yanagisawa who has been oddly cooperative since returning from exile. . But just as Yanagisawas true motives begin to emerge Sanos estranged uncle comes to him for help: His daughter has disappeared and he begs Sano and his wife Reiko―who once suffered through the kidnapping of their own son―to find her before it is too late.