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Description edit
Eleven stories about crime and detection in eleventh century Japan are arranged chronologically for Sugawara Akitada’s career. They include diverse cases with clues from moon cakes and Chinese lutes to feral cats and incense competitions and feature traditional holidays of the period.
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First Sentence edit
The sun had only been up a few hours, but the archives of the ministry were already stifling in the summer heat.
Table of Contents edit
Akitada's First Case
The Incense Murder
Rain at Rashomon
Instruments of Murder
The Curio Dealer's Wife
A Master of Go
The New Year's Gift
The O-Bon Cat
Moon Cakes
The Tanabata Magpie
Welcoming the Paddy God
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Sugawara Akitada. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- I. J. Parker (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ingrid J. Parker Inc.
Country: Untied States
Publication Date: November 20, 2011
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 253
Publisher: Ingrid J. Parker Inc.
Country: Untied States
Publication Date: November 20, 2011
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 253
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