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The fire kimono

Japan, March 1700. Near a Shinto shrine in the hills, a windstorm knocks down a tree to uncover a human skeleton, long buried and forgotten. Meanwhile, in the nearby city of Edo, troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence in the shogun's court. The troops who attacked Reiko appear to belong to Sano's fiercest enemy, Lord Matsudaira, who denies all responsibility. But if the rivals are not to blame for each other's misfortune, who is'Just as Sano's strife with Matsudaira begins to escalate to the brink of war, the shogun orders Sano to investigate the origins of the mysterious skeleton, buried with swords that identify it as belonging to the shogun's cousin, who disappeared forty years earlier on the night that a cursed kimono touched off a fire that nearly destroyed the city. Suddenly, Sano and Reiko are forced to confront dangerous, long-buried secrets that expose Sano's own mother as the possible culprit. The shogun gives Sano and Reiko just three days to clear her name-or risk losing not only their position at court but their families' lives. The Fire Kimono is another dazzling historical mystery from Laura Joh Rowland.

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  • "Japan, March 1700. Near a Shinto shrine in the hills, a windstorm knocks down a tree to uncover a human skeleton, long buried and forgotten. Meanwhile, in the nearby city of Edo, troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence in the shogun's court. The troops who attacked Reiko appear to belong to Sano's fiercest enemy, Lord Matsudaira, who denies all responsibility. But if the rivals are not to blame for each other's misfortune, who is'Just as Sano's strife with Matsudaira begins to escalate to the brink of war, the shogun orders Sano to investigate the origins of the mysterious skeleton, buried with swords that identify it as belonging to the shogun's cousin, who disappeared forty years earlier on the night that a cursed kimono touched off a fire that nearly destroyed the city. Suddenly, Sano and Reiko are forced to confront dangerous, long-buried secrets that expose Sano's own mother as the possible culprit. The shogun gives Sano and Reiko just three days to clear her name-or risk losing not only their position at court but their families' lives. The Fire Kimono is another dazzling historical mystery from Laura Joh Rowland."@en
  • "Japan, March 1700. Troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichirō, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence. The troops who have attacked Reiko appear to belong to Sano's enemy, Lord Matsudaira, who denies all responsibility. But if the rivals are not to blame, who is? Called away from the crisis by the shogun's orders to investigate a mysterious skeleton, Sano and his wife, Reiko, must confront dangerous, long-buried secrets. What was Sano's own mother doing on the night when a burning kimono ignited a blaze that nearly destroyed the city? The shogun gives Sano and Reiko just three days to find out, or risk losing not only their position at court but their families' lives as well."
  • "Sano Ichiro, a samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court in eighteenth-century Japan, must put aside his investigation of an attack on his wife, Reiko, when his position at court is jeopardized by the discovery of a human skeleton near a Shinto shrine that implicates Sano's mother in a scandal that occurred forty years earlier."@en
  • "Japan, March 1700. The strife between Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war. Called away from the crisis by the shogun's orders to investigate a mysterious skeleton, Sano and his wife, Reiko, must confront dangerous, long-buried secrets."@en
  • "Japan, March 1700. Troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence. The troops who have attacked Reiko appear to belong to Sano's enemy, Lord Matsudaira, who denies all responsibility. But if the rivals are not to blame, who is?"@en
  • "Japan, March 1700. Troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence. The troops who have attacked Reiko appear to belong to Sano's enemy, Lord Matsudaira, who denies all responsibility. But if the rivals are not to blame, who is?"
  • "In Japan, March 1700, the shogun sends orders to Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, to investigate a mysterious skeleton; Sano and his wife have just three days to find out long-buried secrets that might involve Sano's own mother and a burning kimono."

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  • "Crime & mystery"@en
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Historické romány"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Historical novels"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Detective novels"

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  • "Der Feuerkimono Sano Ichirōs dreizehnter Fall"
  • "Ohnivé kimono"
  • "The fire kimono"
  • "The fire kimono"@en
  • "The fire kimono : [a novel]"

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