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The Fire Kimono

The Snow Empress

Red Chrysanthemum

The Assassin’s Touch

The Perfumed Sleeve

The Dragon King’s Palace

The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria

Black Lotus

The Samurai’s Wife

The Concubine’s Tattoo

The Way of the Traitor

Bundori

Shinj
ū

 

 

About the Author

 

LAURA JOH ROWLAND, the granddaughter of Chinese and Korean immigrants, was educated at the University of Michigan and now lives in New York with her husband.
The R
ō
nin’s Mistress
is the fifteenth novel in her acclaimed series of thrillers set in feudal Japan; two of them have been named among the Best Mysteries of the Year by
Publishers Weekly
, while a third was declared one of the five best historical mystery novels by
The Wall Street Journal
.

 

Visit Laura on Facebook and at
www.laurajohrowland.com
.

 

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

THE R
Ō
NIN’S MISTRESS
. Copyright © 2011 by Laura Joh Rowland. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

 

www.stmartins.com

 

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 

Rowland, Laura Joh.

The R
ō
nin’s mistress : a novel / Laura Joh Rowland.—1st ed.

        p. cm.

  e-ISBN 9781429973861

1.  Sano, Ichiro (Fictitious character)—Fiction.   2.  Japan—History—Genroku period, 1688–1704—Fiction.   3.  Samurai—Fiction.   4.  Domestic fiction.   I.  Title.

  PS3568.O934R66 2011

  813'.54—dc22

2011018771

 

First Edition: September 2011

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