The Iris Fan: A Novel of Feudal Japan (Sano Ichiro Novels)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (546 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250068320 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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With mystery, excitement and a bang-up ending, this is one you won't be able to put down!” RT Book Reviews (Top Pick) on The Incense Game. “Rowland offers the usual high-stakes suspense, convincing period detail, and nuanced characters you care about. Readers will be sorry to see the last of Sano.” Publishers Weekly on The Iris Fan“A rousing, fitting conclusion to this long-running series.” Booklist on The Iris Fan“In addition to intricate plotting, Rowland's consistent strength throughout her series has been the authority she brings to her portraits of her idiosyncratic characters and their world. Her descriptions of the rituals, fixtures and worldview of feudal Japan never seem like mere wallpaper, but rather are elements crucial to the crimes that bedevil her characters.” Maureen Corrigan, The Washingt
Patricia L said Series End. The end of the series; don't start reading the series with this one! This wraps up the story of Sano and Reiko started 17 books ago with Sinju. A bit hokey at times, especially where Hirata is concerned -- I was disappointed in how his character ended up. But an overall satisf. "A great end to a great series!" according to A Customer. The book is well written, it captivates the reader from beginning to end. It transports you to a very interesting time and place in history.. Sherry Nishimura said this was awesome. I think it is the last of 18. I am a Huge fan of the Sano series, this was awesome. I think it is the last of 18 so sad
She lives in New York City. . LAURA JOH ROWLAND, the daughter of Chinese and Korean immigrants, was educated at the University of Michigan. She is the author of seventeen previous Sano Ichiro thrillers set in feudal Japan. The Fire Kimono was named one of the Wall Street Journal's "Five Best Historical Mystery Novels"; and The Snow Empress and The Cloud Pavilionwere among Publishers Weekly's<
In his own palace, the shogun is stabbed with a fan made of painted silk with sharp-pointed iron ribs. Sano's onetime friend Hirata is a reluctant conspirator in a plot against the ruling regime. As the previously unimaginable death of the shogun seems ever more possible, Sano finds himself at the center of warring forces that threaten not only his own family but Japan itself.Riveting and richly imagined, with a magnificent sense of time and place, The Iris Fan is the triumphant conclusion to Laura Joh Rowland's brilliant series of thrillers set in feudal Japan.. If the shogun's heir is displeased, he will have Sano and his family put to death without waiting for the shogun's permission, then worry about the consequences later. The shogun is old and ailing. And Sano has enemies of his own, as well as unexpected allies. Japan, 1709. This is the most signific