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Book Synopsis The Ronin's Mistress by : Laura Joh Rowland
Download or read book The Ronin's Mistress written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ronin's Mistress is a brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from Laura Joh Rowland--an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politician's ear for intrigue." (The New York Times). Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide? Sano Ichiro, demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend--while his own fortunes hang in the balance.
Book Synopsis Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel #3 How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Murder Mystery: 2023 Illustrated Edition by : Kristie Lynn Higgins
Download or read book Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel #3 How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Murder Mystery: 2023 Illustrated Edition written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 Edition Illustrated book Part two of two. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery: Horo-sha (the female ronin) and Riko (a streetwise boy) form a duo of crime-fighting investigators. They are well into their first official case together and were investigating a simple theft of a painting, but the case turned horribly wrong when the suspects started dying. Two people are dead and one is near death. Horo-sha has no idea who the mastermind is behind a scheme to frame one of the members of the household. In the conclusion, Horo-sha must put her apt mind against an unknown and crafty foe. She has put her honor on the line, but will it be enough to find the murderer or will the Gaka Estate become a Household Of Death? After the events in the prequel and Horo-sha's origin story, 'The Missing Japanese Chin Mystery #0 Ronin: Have Sword– Will Travel Mystery', Horo-sha and Riko had traveled to a neighboring town to investigate the theft of a Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat watercolor painting called 'Staring Feline'. Horo-sha probed the servants and residents of the estate and was about to reveal the thief when tragedy strikes. Maji… a world fusing East and West cultures, during an era before the emergence of the steam engine. The sword was the ultimate weapon and brought order to the planet under the Emperor. Enter this alternate reality and see a fusing of two cultures. Travel through the world of Horo-sha and see a glimpse of the age of the samurai full of intrigue and suspense. The story with a female detective lead is a cozy mystery book. Enjoy this mysteries story and watch as the lady sleuth tries to solve a murder. Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel Mystery Book Series: 1. The Missing Japanese Chin 2. How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 3. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction Series: 1. The Tea Set Mystery 2. The Koi Pond Murder Mystery 3. A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery 4. The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery 5. Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery 6. Killer Azure Hornet Murder Mystery 7. Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat Mystery 8. Ivory Jade Cat Statue Mystery 9. Scarlet Ibis Fever Murder Mystery 10. Scarlet Lovers Murder Mystery 11. I Spy With My Little Cat’s Eye Mystery 12. Cat With One Eye Closed Mystery 13. The Hammer And The Egg Murder Mystery 14. Who Is Guilty? The Kitten Or The Puppy Murder Mystery 15. The Kimono With The Red-Crowned Crane Mystery 16. The Cat Who Ate The Dog Murder Mystery 17. The Illuminated Fruit Mystery 18. What The Old Dog Saw and Heard Mystery 19. A Hawkeye View Of Murder 20. The Guilty Blowfish Mystery, A Recipe For Murder 21. The Sword Of Death 22. Sharper Than A Blade 23. The Leopard-Spotted Orchid Flower Mystery 24. The Horse And Carriage Murder Mystery Meet the young woman detective, who with a sword in hand, solves mysteries and helps those in need. Mystery suspense thriller series will explore the ancient world of sword, magic, and intrigue. Action-packed novel mixed with mystery with a slash of thriller thrown in. Be immersed in an alternate reality of the Japanese culture of the samurai mixed with a steampunk era of the American Wild West. Action-adventure thriller in a parallel world. An alternate history of Japan. An alternate reality with action-adventure mysteries. Samurai detective and ronin gumshoe all rolled into one. Enjoy female sleuths mysteries, check out this crime thriller series and animal mystery books. International mysteries with a touch of home and friendship. Ebook includes links to a traditional Japanese music video and haiku readings videos done by the author. Japanese-style haiku and other poetry within the novel along with artwork.
Book Synopsis The Woman in the Veil by : Laura Joh Rowland
Download or read book The Woman in the Veil written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Laura Joh Rowland is back with the fourth in her critically acclaimed Victorian mysteries where the case of a mutilated "Sleeping Beauty" washes ashore in London. London, June 1890. Sarah Bain and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly are crime scene photographers for the Daily World newspaper. After solving a sensational murder, they're under pressure to deliver another big story. On a foggy summer night, they're called to the bank of the river Thames. The murder victim is an unidentified woman whose face has been slashed. But as Sarah takes photographs, she discovers that the woman is still alive. The case of "Sleeping Beauty" becomes a public sensation, and three parties quickly come forward to identify her: a rich, sinister artist who claims she's his wife; a mother and her two daughters who co-own a nursing home and claim she's their stepdaughter/sister; and a precocious little girl who claims Sleeping Beauty is her mother. Which party is Sleeping Beauty's rightful kin? Is someone among them her would-be killer? Then Sleeping Beauty awakens--with a severe case of amnesia. She's forgotten her name and everything else about herself. But she recognizes one of the people who've claimed her. Sarah is delighted to reunite a family and send Sleeping Beauty home--until one of the claimants is murdered. Suddenly, Sarah, her motley crew of friends, and her fiancé Detective Sergeant Barrett are on the wrong side of the law. Now they must identify the killer before they find themselves headed for the gallows.
Book Synopsis Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel #3 How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Murder Mystery 2024 by : Kristie Higgins
Download or read book Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel #3 How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Murder Mystery 2024 written by Kristie Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2025-01-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2024 Edition Part two of two. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery: Horo-sha (the female ronin) and Riko (a streetwise boy) form a duo of crime-fighting investigators. They are well into their first official case together and were investigating a simple theft of a painting, but the case turned horribly wrong when the suspects started dying. Two people are dead and one is near death. Horo-sha has no idea who the mastermind is behind a scheme to frame one of the members of the household. In the conclusion, Horo-sha must put her apt mind against an unknown and crafty foe. She has put her honor on the line, but will it be enough to find the murderer or will the Gaka Estate become a Household Of Death? After the events in the prequel and Horo-sha's origin story, 'The Missing Japanese Chin Mystery #0 Ronin: Have Sword– Will Travel Mystery', Horo-sha and Riko had traveled to a neighboring town to investigate the theft of a Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat watercolor painting called 'Staring Feline'. Horo-sha probed the servants and residents of the estate and was about to reveal the thief when tragedy strikes. Maji… a world fusing East and West cultures, during an era before the emergence of the steam engine. The sword was the ultimate weapon and brought order to the planet under the Emperor. Enter this alternate reality and see a fusing of two cultures. Travel through the world of Horo-sha and see a glimpse of the age of the samurai full of intrigue and suspense. The story with a female detective lead is a cozy mystery book. Enjoy this mysteries story and watch as the lady sleuth tries to solve a murder. Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel Mystery Book Series: 1. The Missing Japanese Chin 2. How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 3. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction Series: 1. The Tea Set Mystery 2. The Koi Pond Murder Mystery 3. A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery 4. The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery 5. Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery 6. Killer Azure Hornet Murder Mystery 7. Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat Mystery 8. Ivory Jade Cat Statue Mystery 9. Scarlet Ibis Fever Murder Mystery 10. Scarlet Lovers Murder Mystery 11. I Spy With My Little Cat’s Eye Mystery 12. Cat With One Eye Closed Mystery 13. The Hammer And The Egg Murder Mystery 14. Who Is Guilty? The Kitten Or The Puppy Murder Mystery 15. The Kimono With The Red-Crowned Crane Mystery 16. The Cat Who Ate The Dog Murder Mystery 17. The Illuminated Fruit Mystery 18. What The Old Dog Saw and Heard Mystery 19. A Hawkeye View Of Murder 20. The Guilty Blowfish Mystery, A Recipe For Murder 21. The Sword Of Death 22. Sharper Than A Blade 23. The Leopard-Spotted Orchid Flower Mystery 24. The Horse And Carriage Murder Mystery Meet the young woman detective, who with a sword in hand, solves mysteries and helps those in need. Mystery suspense thriller series will explore the ancient world of sword, magic, and intrigue. Action-packed novel mixed with mystery with a slash of thriller thrown in. Be immersed in an alternate reality of the Japanese culture of the samurai mixed with a steampunk era of the American Wild West. Action-adventure thriller in a parallel world. An alternate history of Japan. An alternate reality with action-adventure mysteries. Samurai detective and ronin gumshoe all rolled into one. Enjoy female sleuths mysteries, check out this crime thriller series and animal mystery books. International mysteries with a touch of home and friendship. Ebook includes links to a traditional Japanese music video and haiku readings videos done by the author. Japanese-style haiku and other poetry within the novel along with artwork.
Book Synopsis Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel #2 How To Frame A Murder Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 2024 by : Kristie Lynn Higgins
Download or read book Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel #2 How To Frame A Murder Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 2024 written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2025-01-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery is part of the Ronin: Have Sword– Will Travel Mystery series. It's part 1 of 2 of How To Frame A Murder. In How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery, Horo-sha (the female ronin) and Riko (a streetwise boy) form a duo of crime-fighting investigators. They start their first official case together and investigate a simple theft of a painting, but the case turns horribly wrong when the suspects start dying. Horo-sha is confronted with a dilemma of mind and spirit as, for the first time, a murder is committed right under her watchful eyes. Her apt mind is guilt-riddled but she pushes forward to solve this unthinkable crime After the events in the prequel and Horo-sha's origin story, 'The Missing Japanese Chin Mystery', Horo-sha and Riko travel to a neighboring town to investigate the theft of a Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat watercolor painting called 'Staring Feline'. Horo-sha probes the servants and residents of the estate and is about to reveal the thief when tragedy strikes. Horo-sha, even working as a solo private investigator, has never been present when a murder was committed. She always arrived after the fact until today. Horo-sha must come to terms that she could have prevented the murder and discover the culprit before the killer strikes again. There is more to this mystery than a simple theft of valuable artwork Maji… a world fusing East and West cultures, during an era before the emergence of the steam engine. The sword was the ultimate weapon and brought order to the planet under the Emperor. Enter this alternate reality and see a fusing of two cultures. Travel through the world of Horo-sha and see a glimpse of the age of the samurai full of intrigue and suspense. The story with a female detective lead is a cozy mystery book. Enjoy this mysteries story and watch as the lady sleuth tries to solve a murder. Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel Mystery Book Series: 1. The Missing Japanese Chin 2. How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 3. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction Series: 1. The Tea Set Mystery 2. The Koi Pond Murder Mystery 3. A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery 4. The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery 5. Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery 6. Killer Azure Hornet Murder Mystery 7. Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat Mystery 8. Ivory Jade Cat Statue Mystery 9. Scarlet Ibis Fever Murder Mystery 10. Scarlet Lovers Murder Mystery 11. I Spy With My Little Cat’s Eye Mystery 12. Cat With One Eye Closed Mystery 13. The Hammer And The Egg Murder Mystery 14. Who Is Guilty? The Kitten Or The Puppy Murder Mystery 15. The Kimono With The Red-Crowned Crane Mystery 16. The Cat Who Ate The Dog Murder Mystery 17. The Illuminated Fruit Mystery 18. What The Old Dog Saw and Heard Mystery 19. A Hawkeye View Of Murder 20. The Guilty Blowfish Mystery, A Recipe For Murder 21. The Sword Of Death 22. Sharper Than A Blade 23. The Leopard-Spotted Orchid Flower Mystery 24. The Horse And Carriage Murder Mystery Meet the young woman detective, who with a sword in hand, solves mysteries and helps those in need. Mystery suspense thriller series will explore the ancient world of sword, magic, and intrigue. Action-packed novel mixed with mystery with a slash of thriller thrown in. Be immersed in an alternate reality of the Japanese culture of the samurai mixed with a steampunk era of the American Wild West Action-adventure thriller in a parallel world. Alternate history of Japan. Alternate reality with action-adventure mysteries. Samurai detective and ronin gumshoe all rolled into one Female sleuths mysteries as you check out this crime thriller series animal mystery books international mysteries
Book Synopsis Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel #2 How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery: 2023 Illustrated Edition by : Kristie Lynn Higgins
Download or read book Ronin: Have Sword, Will Travel #2 How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery: 2023 Illustrated Edition written by Kristie Lynn Higgins and published by Kristie Lynn Higgins. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 Edition Illustrated book ‘How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery’ is part of the Ronin: Have Sword– Will Travel Mystery series. It's part 1 of 2 of How To Frame A Murder. In How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery, Horo-sha (the female ronin) and Riko (a streetwise boy) form a duo of crime-fighting investigators. They start their first official case together and investigate a simple theft of a painting, but the case turns horribly wrong when the suspects start dying. Horo-sha is confronted with a dilemma of mind and spirit as, for the first time, a murder is committed right under her watchful eyes. Her apt mind is guilt-riddled but she pushes forward to solve this unthinkable crime. After the events in the prequel and Horo-sha's origin story, 'The Missing Japanese Chin Mystery', Horo-sha and Riko travel to a neighboring town to investigate the theft of a Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat watercolor painting called 'Staring Feline'. Horo-sha probes the servants and residents of the estate and is about to reveal the thief when tragedy strikes. Horo-sha, even working as a solo private investigator, has never been present when a murder was committed. She always arrived after the fact until today. Horo-sha must come to terms that she could have prevented the murder and discover the culprit before the killer strikes again. There is more to this mystery than a simple theft of valuable artwork. Maji… a world fusing East and West cultures, during an era before the emergence of the steam engine. The sword was the ultimate weapon and brought order to the planet under the Emperor. Enter this alternate reality and see a fusing of two cultures. Travel through the world of Horo-sha and see a glimpse of the age of the samurai full of intrigue and suspense. The story with a female detective lead is a cozy mystery book. Enjoy this mysteries story and watch as the lady sleuth tries to solve a murder. Ronin: Have Sword-Will Travel Mystery Book Series: 0. The Missing Japanese Chin 1. How To Frame A Murder: Part One: Cat Painting Mystery 2. How To Frame A Murder: Part Two: Household Of Death Mystery Ronin Flash Fiction Series: 1. The Tea Set Mystery 2. The Koi Pond Murder Mystery 3. A Bit Of Sweet Spice Mystery 4. The Rice Paddy Murder Mystery 5. Midnight Blue Valerian Murder Mystery 6. Killer Azure Hornet Murder Mystery 7. Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat Mystery 8. Ivory Jade Cat Statue Mystery 9. Scarlet Ibis Fever Murder Mystery 10. Scarlet Lovers Murder Mystery 11. I Spy With My Little Cat’s Eye Mystery 12. Cat With One Eye Closed Mystery 13. The Hammer And The Egg Murder Mystery 14. Who Is Guilty? The Kitten Or The Puppy Murder Mystery 15. The Kimono With The Red-Crowned Crane Mystery 16. The Cat Who Ate The Dog Murder Mystery 17. The Illuminated Fruit Mystery 18. What The Old Dog Saw and Heard Mystery 19. A Hawkeye View Of Murder 20. The Guilty Blowfish Mystery, A Recipe For Murder 21. The Sword Of Death 22. Sharper Than A Blade 23. The Leopard-Spotted Orchid Flower Mystery 24. The Horse And Carriage Murder Mystery Meet the young woman detective, who with a sword in hand, solves mysteries and helps those in need. Mystery suspense thriller series will explore the ancient world of sword, magic, and intrigue. Action-packed novel mixed with mystery with a slash of thriller thrown in. Be immersed in an alternate reality of the Japanese culture of the samurai mixed with a steampunk era of the American Wild West. Action-adventure thriller in a parallel world. An alternate history of Japan. An alternate reality with action-adventure mysteries. Samurai detective and ronin gumshoe all rolled into one. Enjoy female sleuths mysteries as you check out this crime thriller series and animal mystery books. International mysteries with a touch of home and friendship. Young adult sleuth with apt mind fights crime.
Book Synopsis The Loyal Ronins an Historical Romance, translated from the Japanese of Tamenaga Shunsui by Shiuichiro Saito and Edward Greey, illustrated by Kei-Sai Yei-Sen, of Yedo by : Shunsui Tamenaga
Download or read book The Loyal Ronins an Historical Romance, translated from the Japanese of Tamenaga Shunsui by Shiuichiro Saito and Edward Greey, illustrated by Kei-Sai Yei-Sen, of Yedo written by Shunsui Tamenaga and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Loyal Ronins by : Shunsui Tamenaga
Download or read book The Loyal Ronins written by Shunsui Tamenaga and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ronin Affair by : Adrianne Summer
Download or read book The Ronin Affair written by Adrianne Summer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age is more than just a number . . . Bright, beautiful, and fiercely independent, sixteen-year-old Solis Monroe is a force of nature. Born to a mother broken by abuse and neglect, Solis learned hard lessons about love and trust early. A sexy, charming, older Ronin Jackson tests those lessons. For Solis, love and trust prove to be powerful aphrodisiacs, and his seduction ignites a reckless passion that will change her life forever. Forty-year-old Ronin Jackson has it all: an attractive and accomplished wife, two cute little boys, a thriving law practice, and all the trappings of wealth. But something was missing—Solis Monroe. Stunning with a quick wit and alluring smile, she captivates him. Knowing her love could destroy his life, Ronin tries to resist, but the hunger she stirs in him won’t be denied.
Book Synopsis The Shogun's Daughter by : Robert Ames Bennet
Download or read book The Shogun's Daughter written by Robert Ames Bennet and published by A. C. McCLURG & CO.. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Example in this ebook CHAPTER I—Eastern Seas My first cruise as a midshipman in the navy of the United States began a short month too late for me to share in the honors of the Mexican War. In other words, I came in at the foot of the service, with all the grades above me fresh-stocked with comparatively young and vigorous officers. As a consequence, the rate of promotion was so slow that the Summer of 1851 found me, at the age of twenty-four, still a middie, with my lieutenancy ever receding, like a will-o’-the-wisp, into the future. Had I chosen a naval career through necessity, I might have continued to endure. But to the equal though younger heir of one of the largest plantations in South Carolina, the pay of even a post captain would have been of small concern. It is, therefore, hardly necessary to add that I had been lured into the service by the hope of winning fame and glory. That my choice should have fallen upon the navy rather than the army may have been due to the impulse of heredity. According to family traditions and records, one of my ancestors was the famous English seaman Will Adams, who served Queen Elizabeth in the glorious fight against the Spanish Armada and afterwards piloted a Dutch ship through the dangerous Straits of Magellan and across the vast unchartered expanse of the Pacific to the mysterious island empire, then known as Cipango or Zipangu. History itself verifies that wonderful voyage and the still more wonderful fact of my ancestor’s life among the Japanese as one of the nobles and chief counsellors of the great Emperor Iyeyasu. So highly was the advice of the bold Englishman esteemed by the Emperor that he was never permitted to return home. For many years he dwelt honorably among that most peculiar of Oriental peoples, aiding freely the few English and Dutch who ventured into the remote Eastern seas. He had aided even the fanatical Portuguese and Spaniards, who, upon his arrival, had sought to have him and his handful of sick and starving shipmates executed as pirates. So it was he lived and died a Japanese noble, and was buried with all honor. With the blood of such a man in my veins, it is not strange that I turned to the sea. Yet it is no less strange that three years in the service should bring me to an utter weariness of the dull naval routine. Notable as were the achievements of our navy throughout the world in respect to exploration and other peaceful triumphs, it has ever surprised me that in the absence of war and promotion I should have lingered so long in my inferior position. In war the humiliation of servitude to seniority may be thrust from thought by the hope of winning superior rank through merit. Deprived of this opportunity, I could not but chafe under my galling subjection to the commands of men never more than my equals in social rank and far too often my inferiors. The climax came after a year on the China Station, to which I had obtained an assignment in the hope of renewed action against the arrogant Celestials. Disappointed in this, and depressed by a severe spell of fever contracted at Honkong, I resigned the service at Shanghai, and took passage for New York, by way of San Francisco and the Horn, on the American clipper Sea Flight. We cleared for the Sandwich Islands August the twenty-first, 1851. The second noon found us safe across the treacherous bars of the Yangtse-Kiang and headed out across the Eastern Sea, the southwest monsoon bowling us along at a round twelve knots. To be continue in this ebook
Book Synopsis The Incense Game by : Laura Joh Rowland
Download or read book The Incense Game written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the shogun's carefully regulated court is thrown into chaos by a massive earthquake in 1703 Japan, Sano Ichiro investigates the poisoning murders of a nobleman's daughters to prevent the regime's takeover.
Book Synopsis River of Fallen Angels by : Laura Joh Rowland
Download or read book River of Fallen Angels written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Laura Joh Rowland is back with the seventh in her critically acclaimed Victorian mystery series in which Sarah Bain Barrett is pitted against a true-crime serial killer who may have ties to Jack the Ripper. London, April 1891. When the severed torso of a woman washes up on the bank of the river Thames, London believes a serial killer from the past has struck again. Crime photographer and investigator Sarah Bain Barrett is on the scene with her friends Mick O’Reilly and Lord Hugh Staunton. This is their chance to solve a grisly cold case and deliver a monster to belated justice, with help from Sarah’s husband Detective Sergeant Thomas Barrett; her sister Sally Albert, an intrepid newspaper reporter; and Hugh’s psychologist, Dr. Joshua Lewes, who’s a pioneer in the new science of criminal profiling. But the opportunity brings troubles galore: Sarah and her husband can’t agree on what direction their inquiries should take. Barrett favors concentrating on two shady characters he knows from his days a a patrol constable in Whitechapel, while Sarah suspects the charismatic leader of a polygamous religious sect from which at least one woman has gone missing. Their discord threatens not only the investigation but their marriage. To complicate matters, Sarah’s bitter enemy, Inspector Reid, is leading the police’s hunt for the killer they’re calling the Torso Murderer. Obsessed with the Ripper case and his own failure to solve it, he thinks the Ripper and the Torso Murderer are one and the same person—a notion that could steer the police investigation disastrously off course. Hot in pursuit of the killer, Reid is also hell-bent on discovering what Sarah and company have been hiding about the Ripper. The Torso Murder case threatens to expose a dangerous truth, tear apart Sarah’s close-knit band of comrades, and send them to the gallows before they can put the killer out of action.
Book Synopsis Portrait of Peril by : Laura Joh Rowland
Download or read book Portrait of Peril written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of C. S. Harris comes Laura Joh Rowland's fifth Victorian mystery where Sarah must confront her own ghosts--and face her most elusive and deadly adversary yet. Victorian London is a city gripped by belief in the supernatural--but a grisly murder becomes a matter of flesh and blood for intrepid photographer Sarah Bain. London, October 1890. Crime scene photographer Sarah Bain is overjoyed to marry her beloved Detective Sergeant Barrett--but the wedding takes a sinister turn when the body of a stabbing victim is discovered in the crypt of the church. Not every newlywed couple begins their marriage with a murder investigation, but Sarah and Barrett, along with their friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly, take the case. The dead man is Charles Firth, whose profession is "spirit photography"-- photographing the ghosts of the deceased. When Sarah develops the photographs he took in the church, she discovers one with a pale, blurred figure attacking the victim. The city's spiritualist community believes the church is haunted and the figure is a ghost. But Sarah is a skeptic, and she and her friends soon learn that the victim had plenty of enemies in the human world--including a scientist who studies supernatural phenomena, his psychic daughter, and an heiress on a campaign to debunk spiritualism and expose fraudulent mediums. In the tunnels beneath a demolished jail, a ghost-hunting expedition ends with a new murder, and new suspects. While Sarah searches for the truth about both crimes, she travels a dark, twisted path into her own family's sordid history. Her long lost father is the prime suspect in a cold-case murder, and her reunion with him proves that even the most determined skeptic can be haunted by ghosts from the past.
Download or read book 47 Ronin written by Joan D. Vinge and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novelization based on the film starring Keanu Reeves from legendary author Joan D. Vinge. From ancient Japan's most enduring tale, the epic 3D fantasy-adventure 47 Ronin is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the 47 Ronin. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors. 47 Ronin is helmed by visionary director Carl Erik Rinsch (The Gift). Inspired by styles as diverse as Miyazaki and Hokusai, Rinsch will bring to life the stunning landscapes and enormous battles that will display the timeless Ronin story to global audiences in a way that's never been seen before. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis The Ripper's Shadow by : Laura Joh Rowland
Download or read book The Ripper's Shadow written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1888 and Jack the Ripper begins his reign of terror. Miss Sarah Bain, a photographer in Whitechapel, is an independent woman with dark secrets. In the privacy of her studio, she supplements her meager income by taking illicit “boudoir photographs” of the town's local ladies of the night. But when two of her models are found gruesomely murdered within weeks of one another, Sarah begins to suspect it's more than mere coincidence. Teamed with a motley crew of friends--including a street urchin, a gay aristocrat, a Jewish butcher and his wife, and a beautiful young actress--Sarah delves into the crime of the century. But just as she starts unlocking the Ripper's secrets, she catches the attention of the local police, who believe she knows more than she's revealing, as well as from the Ripper himself, now bent on silencing her and her friends for good. Caught in the crosshairs of a ruthless killer, Sarah races through Whitechapel's darkest alleys to find the truth...until she makes a shocking discovery that challenges everything she thought she knew about the case. Intelligent and utterly engrossing, Laura Joh Rowland's Victorian mystery The Ripper's Shadow will keep readers up late into the night.
Download or read book The Iris Fan written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riveting and richly imagined, with a magnificent sense of time and place, The Iris Fan is the triumphant conclusion to Laura Joh Rowland's brilliant series of thrillers set in feudal Japan. Japan, 1709. The shogun is old and ailing. Amid the ever-treacherous intrigue in the court, Sano Ichiro has been demoted from chamberlain to a lowly patrol guard. His relationship with his wife Reiko is in tatters, and a bizarre new alliance between his two enemies Yanagisawa and Lord Ienobu has left him puzzled and wary. Sano's onetime friend Hirata is a reluctant conspirator in a plot against the ruling regime. Yet, Sano's dedication to the Way of the Warrior—the samurai code of honor—is undiminished. Then a harrowing, almost inconceivable crime takes place. In his own palace, the shogun is stabbed with a fan made of painted silk with sharp-pointed iron ribs. Sano is restored to the rank of chief investigator to find the culprit. This is the most significant, and most dangerous, investigation of his career. If the shogun's heir is displeased, he will have Sano and his family put to death without waiting for the shogun's permission, then worry about the consequences later. And Sano has enemies of his own, as well as unexpected allies. As the previously unimaginable death of the shogun seems ever more possible, Sano finds himself at the center of warring forces that threaten not only his own family but Japan itself.
Book Synopsis The Shogun's Daughter by : Laura Joh Rowland
Download or read book The Shogun's Daughter written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura Joh Rowland's thrilling series set in Feudal Japan is as gripping and entertaining as ever with The Shogun's Daughter. Japan, 1704. In an elegant mansion a young woman named Tsuruhime lies on her deathbed, attended by her nurse. Smallpox pustules cover her face. Incense burns, to banish the evil spirits of disease. After Tsuruhime takes her last breath, the old woman watching from the doorway says, "Who's going to tell the Shogun his daughter is dead?" The death of the Shogun's daughter has immediate consequences on his regime. There will be no grandchild to leave the kingdom. Faced with his own mortality and beset by troubles caused by the recent earthquake, he names as his heir Yoshisato, the seventeen-year-old son he only recently discovered was his. Until five months ago, Yoshisato was raised as the illegitimate son of Yanagisawa, the shogun's favorite advisor. Yanagisawa is also the longtime enemy of Sano Ichiro. Sano doubts that Yoshisato is really the Shogun's son, believing it's more likely a power-play by Yanagisawa. When Sano learns that Tsuruhime's death may have been a murder, he sets off on a dangerous investigation that leads to more death and destruction as he struggles to keep his pregnant wife, Reiko, and his son safe. Instead, he and his family become the accused. And this time, they may not survive the day.
