The Concubine's Tattoo

Laura Joh Rowland

St. Martin's Paperbacks

2000

384 páginas

12h 48m

ISBN-10: 0312969228

The Shogun's Palace hides many secrets - lovers, rivals, seducers, schemers - and a cunning, brilliant killer.

A richly crafted novel set in seventeenth-century Japan, THE CONCUBINE'S TATTOO unfolds with all the excitement of a superb murder mystery and a sweeping, sensuous portrait of an exotic land. Sano Ichiro, the Shogun's most honorable investigator, is summoned to the imperial palace to find the murderer of Harume, a young concubine poisoned while applying a lover's tattoo. Sano's new bride, Reiko, insists on helping him with the case. Reiko's samurai blood and warrior's skill alarm her new husband, who expected a docile wife. But Reiko is only the first of many surprises...
As subtle as the finest lacquared screen, as powerful as the slash of a sword, THE CONCUBINE'S TATTOO vividly brings to life a story of murder, jealousy, sexual intrigues, and political storms that keeps us in its spell until the final, shattering scene.