The Incense Game, Laura Joh Rowland
The Incense Game, Laura Joh Rowland
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The Incense Game
A Novel of Feudal Japan

Author: Laura Joh Rowland

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2012

Synopsis

In the wake of a terrifying earthquake, Sano Ichiro races to solve a crime that could bring down the shogun's regime. When a massive earthquake devestates Japan in 1703, even the shogun's carefully regulated court is left teetering on the brink of chaos. This is no time for a murder investigation - except when a nobleman's daughters are found dead from incense poisoning and their father threatens to topple the regime unless Sano Ichiro tracks down the killer. As Sano and his wife strive to solve the case in a world that is crumbling around them, Laura Joh Rowland - author of one of the 'five best historical mystery novels' (The Wall Street Journal) - brings us her most powerful and evocative thriller yet.

About Laura Joh Rowland

Laura Joh Rowland is the author of the Sano Ichiro mysteries, which have twice been named Best Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly. She lived through a natural disaster when Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed her house in New Orleans, and now lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooke

I JUST finished this and I'll be back with a full review, but I wanted to add some notes. TW: Transphobia, Rape, Pedophlia, Suicide, --At first I was impressed with how0 they kept using someone's preferred pronouns. Then the situation took a nasty turn. It was disturbing how the character's started......more

Goodreads review by Katherine

Beginners beware, this is not the place to start this excellent series; you'll spend too much time wondering who is who, and not enough marveling at Rowland's ability to spin a murder mystery in the middle of a tale about recovery from terrible disasters. The story opens with the murder itself, whic......more

Goodreads review by D. T.

At sixteen books into this series, Rowland still manages to write an intriguing mystery and set it amidst the historical backdrop of the devastating 1703 earthquake. As always, it's a quick, light read with plenty of political machinations and personal perils that keep the pages turning. HOWEVER… My c......more

Goodreads review by Mieczyslaw

I'm going to keep this short... What the hell has Rowland done? She's taken an interesting series of detective stories set in Seventeenth/Eighteenth Century Japan, with all its political machinations and feudal undertones... and ruined it! She has introduced an element of... FANTASY! Super-hero ninj......more

Goodreads review by Denise

Another brilliant historical mystery by Laura Joh Rowland, this newest installment in the Sano Ichiro series is set against the backdrop of the devastating 1703 Edo region earthquake. This has been one of my favourite series for a long time, and this book was IMO one of its best. And of course I'm v......more

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