num_pages: 208
description: In the world of ninjas and the shogun, honor is everything. When the Samurai Lord Inaba is discovered murdered in his sleep while under the protection of the shogun, the ruler is honor-bound to find the killer. Desperate for justice, he turns to the famous Judge Ooka—the Sherlock Holmes of eighteenth-century Japan—and his fourteen-year-old apprentice, Seikei, to investigate. Their one clue? A bloodstained origami butterfly. Determined to unmask the killer, Seikei embarks on an adventure filled with mysterious and deadly shape-shifting ninjas, vengeful peasants, and a killer who will stop at nothing to keep his true identity hidden.
language: English
title: In Darkness, Death
titlecomplete: In Darkness, Death (The Samurai Mysteries)
characters: Seikei Konoike
genres: Magic, Historical, Adventure, Mystery, Japan, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Asian Literature, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 505
places: Japan
series: Samurai Detective
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Young Adult
publisher: Puffin