The Fire Kimono
The Sano Ichiro Mysteries: Book #13
- By: Laura Joh Rowland
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 11 hours 4 minutes
Description
Japan, March 1700. The strifebetween Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in theshogun’s court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war. Called awayfrom the crisis by the shogun’s orders to investigate a mysterious skeleton,Sano and his wife, Reiko, must confront dangerous, long-buried secrets. Whatwas Sano’s own mother doing on the night when a burning kimono ignited a blazethat nearly destroyed the city? The shogun gives Sano and Reiko just three daysto find out—or risk losing not only their position at court but their families’lives as well.
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The Sano Ichiro Mysteries Series

The Fire Kimono
By: Laura Joh Rowland
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Japan, March 1700. The strifebetween Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in theshogun’s court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war. Called awayfrom the crisis by the shogun’s orders to investigate a mysterious skeleton,Sano and his wife, Reiko, must confront dangerous, long-buried secrets. Whatwas Sano’s own... Read more »
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The Cloud Pavilion
By: Laura Joh Rowland
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Japan, 1701. A woman is brutally attacked within a bamboo prison as clouds swirl around her head. Meanwhile, at Edo Castle, samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano Ichiro is suspicious of his old rival, Yanagisawa, who has been oddly cooperative since returning from exile. But just as Yanagisawa’s true motives begin to emerge, Sano’s estranged... Read more »
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The Ronin’s Mistress
By: Laura Joh Rowland
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 11 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, forty-seven warriors murder a man who stood 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,... Read more »
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