The Snow Empress, Laura Joh Rowland
The Snow Empress, Laura Joh Rowland
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The Snow Empress
A Thriller

Author: Laura Joh Rowland

Narrator: James Yaegashi

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/05/2008

Synopsis

Chosen by Publishers Weekly as a Best Book of 2007, The Snow Empress showcases author Laura Joh Rowland's deep understanding of 17th-century Japan and her impeccable gift of storytelling. This thrilling novel finds samurai detective Sano IchirO working to gain freedom for his son by investigating the murder of a lord's beloved mistress.

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 Jen

Things I've learned from this book: -The best way to interrogate someone is to yell accusations at them wildly until they crack...admittedly this seems to be what they do in Law & Order -People in 1699 Japan say things like "and don't try any funny stuff" -With enough martial art training, you can make......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

I love this series! A brutal murder awaits Sono Ichiro and his wife, Reiko's detective skills to solve the mystery. Rowland writes beautiful descriptions of nature, and I am intrigued by life during the Tokugowa regime.......more

Goodreads review by Pam

This was one of the more enjoyable books of the series. Added bonus that it didn't have all the gratuitous perverse sex earlier books had.......more

Goodreads review by Pat

This the twelfth book in Laura Joh Rowland's series of murder mysteries set in Japan during the reign of the Dog Shogun. Sano Ichiro, now Chamberlain to the Shogun, is once again treading water among the shark-like factions of the Tokugawa clan's tent-government. This time, however, his 8-year-old s......more

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