The Flower Path
A Daidoji Shin Mystery

I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Copy provided by Tantor Audio. Opening night at the Foxfire Theater is set to be a huge success for Daidoji Shin. The City of the Rich Frog’s leading lights are all there, but even as the performance begins, the Three Flower Tro......more

I do a lot of freelance proofreading for a variety of publishers but I rarely list those on Goodreads because I consider them to be work rather than reading, and also if I were to list them all I might be less favourable towards some titles which would be wholly unprofessional of me. Suffice to say,......more

Daidoji Shin is many things. Envoy of the Crane Clan. A fan-wielding courtier. And now, owner of his own theatre. But when a kabuki production turns deadly, with the theatre’s celebrated new star Etsuko dying onstage — quite literally — on opening night, Shin puts on his other hat: that of amateur s......more

Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader. The Flower Path is a wonderfully engaging mystery by Josh Reynolds set in the multi-author sandbox world of Rokugan, and the third book by Reynolds featuring the clever amateur sleuth Daidoji Shin. Released 21st June 2022 by Aconite, it's 352 pages and......more

I received an arc for the audiobook from NetGalley. When I first started this book, I did not realize this was part of a series. Now, I don't think you need the earlier books to understand this book, at all, but it does mean the worldbuilding was a bit lacking. At first I assumed this book was set in......more