Rashomon Gate
Parker, I. J.
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
A riveting historical mysterythe second in the Akitada seriesset amid the exquisite ritual and refined treachery of eleventh century Japan From the author of The Dragon Scroll comes an ingenious new novel of murder and malfeasance in ancient Japan, featuring the detective Sugawara Akitada. The son of reduced nobility forced to toil in the Ministry of Justice, Akitada is relieved when an old friend, Professor Hirata, asks him to investigate a friends blackmail. Taking a post at the Imperial University, he is soon sidetracked from his primary case by the murder of a young girl and the mysterious disappearance of an old mana disappearance that the Emperor himself declares a miracle. Rashomon Gate is a mystery of magnificent complexity and historical detail that will leave readers yearning for more.
AUTHOR BIO
I. J. Parker won a Shamus award for the short story Akitadas First Case. She is the author of The Dragon Scroll and The Hell Screen.
BOOK REVIEWS
Parker has created a wonderful protagonist in Akitada. (The Boston Globe)
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0143035606
ISBN(13-digit): 9780143035602
Dewey Decimal: 813/.6
Library of Congress: oc2007037818
Book Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 383
Paper Weight (lb): 0.58 lb
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