The Ronin's Mistress: A Novel of Fuedal Japan: 15 (Sano Ichiro Novels 15)

The Ronins Mistress is a brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin from Laura Joh Rowland--an author with a painters eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politicians ear for intrigue. (The New York Times)Japan 1703. On a snowy night 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide?. Sano Ichiro demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events Situations and People has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend--while his own fortunes hang in the balance.