Death on an autumn river
Subtitle: an Akitada mystery
By: I.J. Parker
Series: Akitada mystery -- [9]
Publisher: I-J-P Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Virginia Beach, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781491093634
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Sugawara Akitada (Fictitious character); Fiction; Pirates; Public officers; Romans, nouvelles
Description: On a river journey to Naniwa to unmask officials selling information to pirates, Akitada witnesses the recovery of a body. The image of the drowned child prostitute follows him as his own problems and disasters multiply. Someone is sabotaging his investigation. His young clerk disappears, Akitada is attacked by two thugs, and armed men brutalize his family in the capital. When Tora joins his master, they both fall into the hands of the pirates and must fight a battle to the death to escape. But ultimately it is the tragic story of the dead girl that will haunt Akitada most.
Notes: "First published electronically 2011"--Title page verso.