Dimensions
107 x 173 x 27mm
The Shogun's palace hides many secrets - lovers, rivals, seducers, schemers - and a cunning, brilliant killer . . .
A richly crafted novel set in seventeenth-century Japan, 'The Concubine's Tattoo' unfolds with all the excitement of a superb murder mystery and a sweeping, sensuous portrait of an exotic land.
Sano Ichiro, the Shogun's most honorable investigator, is summoned to the imperial palace to find the murderer of Harume, a young concubine poisoned while applying a lover's tattoo. Sano's new bride, Reiko, insists on helping him with the case. Reiko's samurai blood and warrior's skill alarm her new husband, who expected a docile wife. But Reiko is only the first of many surprises . . .
As subtle as the finest lacquered screen, as powerful as the slash of the sword, 'The Concubine's Tattoo' vividly brings to life a story of murder, jealousy, sexual intrigues and political storms that keeps us in its spell until the final, shattering scene.
