Samurai's Wife

Far from the shogun's court at Edo, Most Honourable Investigator Sano
Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the
insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko, Sano arrives
with her at the emperor's palace to unmask the murderer - who possesses
the secret of kiai, "the spirit cry," a powerful scream that can kill
instantly. A high Kyoto offical is the victim. Treading carefully
through a web of spies, political intrigue, forbidden passions and
intricate plots, Sano and Reiko must struggle to stay ahead of the
palace storms - and outwit a cunning killer. But as they soon discover,
solving the case means more than their survival. For if they fail, Japan
could be consumed in the bloodiest war it has ever seen.... A legendary
land comes alive in this compelling murder mystery set in
seventeenth-century Japan. Filled with finely drawn characters and
suspenseful plot twists, THE SAMURAI'S WIFE is a novel as complex, vivid
and artful as the glorious, lost world it portrays.