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When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a *shinju,* or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the culprit was forbidden love. Everyone but newly appointed *yoriki* Sano Ichiro. Despite the official verdict and warnings from his superiors, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People suspects the deaths weren't just a tragedy -- they were murder. Risking his family's good name and his own life, Sano will search for a killer across every level of society -- determined to find answers to a mystery no one wants solved. No one but Sano... As subtle and beautiful as the culture it evokes, *Shinju* vividly re-creates a world of ornate tearooms and guady pleasure-palaces, cloistered mountaintop convents and dealthy prisons. Part love story, part myster, *Shinju* is a tour that will dazzle and entertain all who enter its world. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Laura Joh Rowland's *The Shogun's Daughter.* Read More