{"product_id":"9781845299040","title":"Shinju","description":"Author: Laura Joh Rowland\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781845299040\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Sep 2006\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeenth-century Tokyo is the setting for Rowland's first book in a murder mystery series featuring Sano Ichiro the Senior Police Commander in the district of Edo. Ichiro is a samurai whose academic background puts him at odds with most of his peers.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in what seems to be a \u003ci\u003eshinju\u003c\/i\u003e, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the cause was their forbidden love. Everyone, that is, but Sano Ichiro.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the official verdict and being warned off by his superiors, the shogun's Most Honourable Investigator of Events, Situations and People suspects this double death was not only a tragedy - it was murder. Risking his family's good name and his own life, Sano will search for the killer across every level of society, determined to find answers to a mystery no one else seems to want solved . . .","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924982349982,"sku":"ING-9781845299040","price":46.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781845299040.jpg?v=1782956910","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781845299040","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}