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River of Fallen Angels, January 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
Garden of Sins, January 2022
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Portrait of Peril, January 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
The Woman in the Veil, January 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
The Hangman's Secret, January 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
A Mortal Likeness, December 2018
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A Mortal Likeness, January 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
The Ripper's Shadow, January 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
The Iris Fan, December 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
The Shogun's Daughter, September 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Incense Game, September 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
The Ronin's Mistress, September 2012
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Bedlam, July 2011
Paperback
The Cloud Pavilion, November 2009
Hardcover / e-Book
The Fire Kimono, November 2008
Hardcover / e-Book
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte, March 2008
Hardcover
The Snow Empress, November 2007
Hardcover / e-Book
Red Chrysanthemum, November 2006
Hardcover / e-Book
The Assassin's Touch, October 2006
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Perfumed Sleeve, August 2005
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Dragon King's Palace, August 2004
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria, April 2003
Paperback / e-Book
The Way of the Traitor, September 2001
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Shinju, June 2001
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Black Lotus, May 2001
Hardcover / e-Book
The Samurai's Wife, April 2000
Hardcover / e-Book
The Concubine's Tattoo, April 2000
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Bundori, May 1997
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
A richly crafted novel set in seventeenth-century Japan, Laura Joh Rowland's 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 a sword, The Concubine's Tattoo vividly brings to life a story of murder, jealousy, sexual intrigue, and political storms that keeps us under its spell until the final, shattering scene.
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