The Concubine's Tattoo by Laura Joh Rowland

Author:Laura Joh Rowland
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Detective, Historical - General, Crime & mystery, Mystery & Detective, Fiction - Mystery, General, Historical, Japan, Sano, Crime & Thriller, Fiction, Ichirō (Fictitious character), LLaura Joh Rowland, Mystery & Detective - Historical
ISBN: 9780312969226
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2000-03-30T22:24:42.521000+00:00

Across the clearing, a huge oak crashed to the ground. Its branches swayed and rustled: the death throes of a giant. Peasants began sawing up and hauling away the tree's corpse. As Lady Keisho-in watched, her face took on a crafty, calculating expression that Ryuko had never seen before. She looked positively intelligent. A chill finger of dismay touched Ryuko. Was she finally becoming aware of her precarious position?

Or had she known all along?

Slowly Lady Keisho-in turned to Ryuko. She pulled him to his knees so that their faces were almost touching. All traces of good-natured silliness had disappeared from hers. "Tell me, my dearest," she said. Her gaze bored into Ryuko. "Are you so concerned about the murder investigation for my sake, or your own? Have you been up to something?"

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