The Assassin's Touch (Sano Ichiro #10)

Laura Joh Rowland

Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
3.90 · 10 ratings · 368 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2005
The Assassin's Touch by Laura Joh Rowland
It is a lost art, passed down by the ancients in great Dim-mak. It is death, by the lightest touch of a finger . Sano Ichiro, tenuous in the new regime as the shogun’s second-in-command, does not have the luxury of skepticism?another senior official is dead, a fingerprint lightly glazed into his skin.
 
Sano’s wife Reiko has an investigation of her a beautiful, proud, and hopelessly poor woman has confessed to murdering her family. Yet the pieces do not fit, and as Reiko looks deeper into the woman’s life as a hinin ?a moral outcast, shunned by the world?inexplicable connections appear between her investigation and Sano’s.
 
As Reiko’s questions spiral her further into the squalor of life as a hinin , Sano and Hirata?his most loyal samurai?pursure their prey, uncovering an intricate tapestry of betrayal woven into the highest levels of the new regime. But they are no match for the one who has mastered dim-mak , a warrior who will strike all those who cross him or his path--even Reiko.  “Elegantly told and interspersed with delicious bits of history” ( Kirkus Reviews ), Laura Joh Rowland's The Assassin's Touch is a mystery you won't want to miss.
Amazon Other stores
As an Amazon Associate thebooknaut.com earns from qualifying purchases

Tagged as:

    romance tags

    crime tags

    literary-fiction tags

    historical-fiction tags

    fantasy tags

    sci-fi tags

    action-adventure tags

    thriller tags

    horror tags

    Collections/Custom tags

    Report duplicate books, missing or wrong information

    The 'Sano Ichiro' series

    3.88 · 212 ratings
    book · historical-fiction · historical · adult · fiction · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · murder · suspense · action-adventure · female-author · early-modern
    Sano Ichiro reading order and complete book list  ❯

    Reviews

    The Assassin's Touch by Laura Joh Rowland

    Report duplicate books, missing or wrong information