Shinjū (novel)

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Shinjū

First edition

Author| Laura Joh Rowland
Country| United States
Language| English
Series| Sano Ichirō
Genre| Historical mystery
Publisher| Random House

Publication date

| 1994
ISBN| 978-0-06-100950-1
Followed by| Bundori

Shinjū (1994) is the title of the debut novel by American writer Laura Joh Rowland, a historical mystery set in 1689 Genroku-era Japan. It is the first in Rowland's Sano Ichirō series. The plot follow Sano, a yoriki (a lower-ranking police officer) as he investigates a double murder disguised as a lovers' suicide, and in the process, uncovers a plot to assassinate Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

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