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The Concubine's Tattoo

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 man surprises ... As subtle as the finest lacquered screen, as powerful as the slash of a sword, The Concubine's Tattoo vividly brings to life a story of murder, jealousy, sexual intrigue, and political storms that keeps is in its spell until the final, shattering scene.

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  • "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 man surprises ... As subtle as the finest lacquered screen, as powerful as the slash of a sword, The Concubine's Tattoo vividly brings to life a story of murder, jealousy, sexual intrigue, and political storms that keeps is in its spell until the final, shattering scene."@en
  • "A shogun's concubine dies in 17th century Japan, poisoned by the ink she used to tattoo her private parts. As he investigates the murder, Inspector Sano Ichiro is drawn into a world of intrigue among the shogun's women. By the author of The Way of the Traitor."
  • "A la fin du XVIIe siècle, au Japon, Sano Ichiro, le grand investigateur du shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, vient d'épouser la jeune Reiko, lorsque Harume, une de ses concubines, meurt. Il découvre qu'elle a été empoisonnée par de l'encre avec laquelle elle venait de faire un tatouage qui lui était dédié. Il apprend aussi qu'elle était enceinte. Il enquête avec l'aide de son assistant Hirata."
  • "A la fin du XVIIe siècle, au Japon, Sano Ichirô, le grand investigateur du shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, vient d'épouser la jeune Reiko, lorsque Harume, une de ses concubines, meurt. Il découvre qu'elle a été empoisonnée par de l'encre avec laquelle elle venait de faire un tatouage qui lui était dédié. Il apprend aussi qu'elle était enceinte. Il enquête avec l'aide de son assistant Hirata. --[Memento]."
  • "A shogun's concubine dies in 17th century Japan, poisoned by the ink she used to tattoo her private parts. As he investigates the murder, Inspector Sano Ichiro is drawn into a world of intrigue among the shogun's women."@en
  • "A shogun's concubine dies in 17th century Japan, poisoned by the ink she used to tattoo her private parts. As he investigates the murder, Inspector Sano Ichiro is drawn into a world of intrigue among the shogun's women."
  • "It is October 1690 and Sano Ichiro, the Shogun's most honourable investigator, is marrying Lady Reiko in Edo Castle. The ceremony is disrupted as women rush screaming from the harem, where the Shogun's most favoured concubine has been found dying in agony."
  • "Amid the political machinations of feudal Japan, Sano faces a daunting, complex investigation. Twenty months spent as the shogun's most honourable investigator of events, situations and people have left Sano weary. He looks forward to the comforts of his arranged marriage and month's holiday to celebrate the union with his new wife. However, the death of the shogun's favourite concubine interrupts the couple's wedding ceremony as Sano is recalled to perform his duty. After Sano traces the cause of Lady Harume's death to a self-inflicted tattoo, his must travel into the cloistered worl."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Historické romány"
  • "Historical fiction"@es
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Cuentos policiacos y de misterio"@es
  • "Historical novels"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "History"@es
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Detective novels"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@es
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Novela estadounidense"@es
  • "Novela histórica"@es

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  • "El Tatuaje de la concubina"
  • "Das Geheimnis der Konkubine Sano Ichirōs vierter Fall"
  • "El tatuatge de la concubina"
  • "The Concubine's Tattoo"@en
  • "Le tatouage de la concubine"
  • "El Tatuatge de la concubina"@ca
  • "El tatuaje de la concubina"@es
  • "Le tatouage de la concubine : une enquête de Sano Ichirô, grand investigateur du Shogun"
  • "Tetovaná konkubína"
  • "Татуировка наложницы"
  • "The concubine's tattoo"
  • "The concubine's tattoo"@en
  • "Tatuirovka nalozhnit︠s︡y"
  • "The concubine's tattoo a Sano Ichir†o murder mystery"@en

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