Аннотация
Laura Joh Rowland
Shinjū
Sano Ichirō Samurai Detective 01To my parents, Lena and Raymond Joh
Edo
Genroku Period, Year 1, Month 12
(Tokyo, January 1689)
Prologue
The horseman halted his mount on a narrow path that led to the Sumida River, listening to the night. Had he heard a footstep somewhere in the dark forest that surrounded him? Was someone watching him? Fear set his heart racing.
But he heard only the icy wind rattling the bare winter branches and the faint chuffing of his mare as she stirred restlessly beneath him. High above the horizon, the last full moon of the Old Year shone brightly, silvering the path and the forest with a chill radiance. He peered into the shadows, but saw no one.
Then he smiled grimly: guilt and imagination had deceived him. This path in the remote northern outskirts of Edo saw little enough traffic by day. Now, at just past midnight, it was deserted.
As he’d foreseen.
He urged the mare...

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