Edo, December 1693. Lord Mitsuyoshi, the shogun’s heir, is found stabbed through the eye in a Yoshiwara house of assignation. The courtesan Lady Wisteria, who spent the night with him and once had a relationship with Sano, has vanished together with the private journal that may explain the crime.
Sano, Reiko and Hirata investigate within the regulated pleasure quarter while their political enemies exploit Sano’s connection to the missing woman. The pillow book records secrets capable of changing the succession, but finding it requires separating Wisteria’s carefully constructed public identity from the alliances and injuries hidden in her past.
Evelyn James
55 books
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
24 books
David Field
46 books
Rhys Bowen
53 books