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The Convict's Sword

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 6 - A Sugawara Akitada Mystery
The latest in the "terrifically imaginative" (The Wall Street Journal) Akitada mystery series brings eleventh-century Japan to lifeI. J. Parker's phenomenal Akitada mystery series has been gaining fans with each new novel. The latest, The Convict's Sword, is the most fully realized installment to date, weaving history, drama, mystery, romance, and adventure into a story of passion and redemption. ... Read more

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The latest in the "terrifically imaginative" (The Wall Street Journal) Akitada mystery series brings eleventh-century Japan to lifeI. J. Parker's phenomenal Akitada mystery series has been gaining fans with each new novel. The latest, The Convict's Sword, is the most fully realized installment to date, weaving history, drama, mystery, romance, and adventure into a story of passion and redemption.
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Ajitada and the Way of Justice

Akitada mysteries, #0

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 0 - Akitada mysteries
Eleven short stories about crime and detection in eleventh century Japan are arranged chronologically for Akitada's career. They include cases that happened during traditional holidays and contain clues such as moon cakes, Chinese lutes, feral cats, and incense competitions. ... Read more

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Eleven short stories about crime and detection in eleventh century Japan are arranged chronologically for Akitada's career. They include cases that happened during traditional holidays and contain clues such as moon cakes, Chinese lutes, feral cats, and incense competitions.
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The Dragon Scroll

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 1 - A Sugawara Akitada Mystery
In an adventure filled with highway bandits, unscrupulous politicians, and renegade monks, The Dragon Scroll introduces readers to the lively world of eleventh-century Japan and an irrepressible hero—Sugawara Akitada. On his first official assignment, Akitada—an impoverished nobleman and earnest young government clerk in the Ministry of Justice—is sent from the capital city on a nearly impossible ... Read more

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In an adventure filled with highway bandits, unscrupulous politicians, and renegade monks, The Dragon Scroll introduces readers to the lively world of eleventh-century Japan and an irrepressible hero—Sugawara Akitada. On his first official assignment, Akitada—an impoverished nobleman and earnest young government clerk in the Ministry of Justice—is sent from the capital city on a nearly impossible
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The Emperor's Woman

Akitada Mysteries, #10

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 10 - Akitada Mysteries
Intended to become the emperor's concubine, she died at the bottom of a cliff near Prince Atsuhira's private villa. The palace covered up the scandal. Months later, Akitada is drawn into the case when his best friend is accused of treason. Atsuhira, his alleged co-conspirator, refuses to defend himself. The mystery of the lady's death unravels slowly, bringing danger to Akitada, whose household is ... Read more

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Intended to become the emperor's concubine, she died at the bottom of a cliff near Prince Atsuhira's private villa. The palace covered up the scandal. Months later, Akitada is drawn into the case when his best friend is accused of treason. Atsuhira, his alleged co-conspirator, refuses to defend himself. The mystery of the lady's death unravels slowly, bringing danger to Akitada, whose household is
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Death of a Poet

Akitada Mysteries, #24

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 24 - Akitada Mysteries
Delving into the past can be as dangerous as interfering in someone else's business. Akitada unravels the dark secrets of a poet who drowned six months earlier in a remote mountain region. Was his death an accident or murder? His wife, an imperial princess, demands an investigation and the prime minister issues an order. As Akitada probes into the victim's final days, his friend Tora becomes ... Read more

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Delving into the past can be as dangerous as interfering in someone else's business. Akitada unravels the dark secrets of a poet who drowned six months earlier in a remote mountain region. Was his death an accident or murder? His wife, an imperial princess, demands an investigation and the prime minister issues an order. As Akitada probes into the victim's final days, his friend Tora becomes
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Massacre at Shirakawa

Akitada Mysteries, #20

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 20 - Akitada Mysteries
On the eve of the Tanabata Festival, a warrior rides into a family gathering to slaughter the members of a high-ranking family and their guests. Akitada, whose best friend is among the victims, searches for a shadowy killer who may be part of a secret conspiracy against the emperor himself. In his determination, he defies orders, involves his friends and his sister, and puts his family in danger. ... Read more

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On the eve of the Tanabata Festival, a warrior rides into a family gathering to slaughter the members of a high-ranking family and their guests. Akitada, whose best friend is among the victims, searches for a shadowy killer who may be part of a secret conspiracy against the emperor himself. In his determination, he defies orders, involves his friends and his sister, and puts his family in danger.
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The Crane Pavilion

Akitada Mysteries, #12

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 12 - Akitada Mysteries
After the loss of his wife and newborn son, Akitada returns home, ostensibly to care for his motherless children, but really to withdraw from the world into his grief. When his friends and family join in an effort to draw him out of his seclusion by tempting him with a mystery, he responds halfheartedly until he becomes intrigued by the young woman's alleged suicide and the slipshod way in which ... Read more

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After the loss of his wife and newborn son, Akitada returns home, ostensibly to care for his motherless children, but really to withdraw from the world into his grief. When his friends and family join in an effort to draw him out of his seclusion by tempting him with a mystery, he responds halfheartedly until he becomes intrigued by the young woman's alleged suicide and the slipshod way in which
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The Hell Screen

Akitada Mysteries, #5

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 5 - Akitada Mysteries
After a posting to the northern provinces, Akitada hurries to the deathbed of his mother in the capital. On the road, he spends the night in a monastery where he sees a painted hell screen. The realistic depictions of tortured men, women, and children haunt his dreams until he wakes to a scream. At home, he finds his mother sick and vindictive, and his sisters troubled by personal dilemmas. He is ... Read more

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After a posting to the northern provinces, Akitada hurries to the deathbed of his mother in the capital. On the road, he spends the night in a monastery where he sees a painted hell screen. The realistic depictions of tortured men, women, and children haunt his dreams until he wakes to a scream. At home, he finds his mother sick and vindictive, and his sisters troubled by personal dilemmas. He is
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The Nuns of Nara

Akitada mysteries, #19

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 19 - Akitada mysteries
The nuns of one of the Nara temples have misplaced an imperial concubine. Concerned about her well-being, the emperor dispatches Akitada to find her. Akitada decides to take along his new wife, hoping to combine a trivial matter with a belated honeymoon. Alas, murder intervenes. An old man dies in the snow. A nun is fished out of an icy river. Another nun is bludgeoned to death. What had looked ... Read more

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The nuns of one of the Nara temples have misplaced an imperial concubine. Concerned about her well-being, the emperor dispatches Akitada to find her. Akitada decides to take along his new wife, hoping to combine a trivial matter with a belated honeymoon. Alas, murder intervenes. An old man dies in the snow. A nun is fished out of an icy river. Another nun is bludgeoned to death. What had looked
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The Temple of the Dead

Akitada Mysteries, #22

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 22 - Akitada Mysteries
Akitada discovers that his appointment as governor comes with baggage in the person of the prime minister's favorite nephew. Then things turn really ugly.He arrives to find a flooded province, mutinous nobles, and an empty tribunal, the previous incumbent having fled from a hostile population. When the P.M.'s nephew disappears, a frantic search of an abandoned temple turns up a dark and murderous ... Read more

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Akitada discovers that his appointment as governor comes with baggage in the person of the prime minister's favorite nephew. Then things turn really ugly.He arrives to find a flooded province, mutinous nobles, and an empty tribunal, the previous incumbent having fled from a hostile population. When the P.M.'s nephew disappears, a frantic search of an abandoned temple turns up a dark and murderous
... Read more
Spring Festival in Akaiwa

Akitada Mysteries, #23

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 23 - Akitada Mysteries
A governor's life is not an easy one. It is spring when everything starts going wrong for Akitada. The town is full of unruly festival visitors, three brutal murders remain unsolved because the suspects depart, and two rice merchants plot to defraud his administration. When his own trusted retainer rebels and embarks on a murderous vendetta, complaints multiply and Akitada faces not only dismissal ... Read more

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A governor's life is not an easy one. It is spring when everything starts going wrong for Akitada. The town is full of unruly festival visitors, three brutal murders remain unsolved because the suspects depart, and two rice merchants plot to defraud his administration. When his own trusted retainer rebels and embarks on a murderous vendetta, complaints multiply and Akitada faces not only dismissal
... Read more
The Kindness of Dragons

Akitada mysteries, #18

by I. J. Parker ...

Series Book 18 - Akitada mysteries
On a visit to a remote mountain region with his children, Akitada hopes to find some peace after the break-up of his marriage. Instead they become involved almost immediately in the random violence that plagues the peasants of the valley. Farmers are murdered, rice stores are burned, and young girls disappear. The local policeman seems honest, but soon Akitada fears to trust anyone. When his ... Read more

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On a visit to a remote mountain region with his children, Akitada hopes to find some peace after the break-up of his marriage. Instead they become involved almost immediately in the random violence that plagues the peasants of the valley. Farmers are murdered, rice stores are burned, and young girls disappear. The local policeman seems honest, but soon Akitada fears to trust anyone. When his
... Read more

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