The fires of the gods
Subtitle: a Sugawara Akitada mystery
By: I.J. Parker
Edition: 1st world ed.
Series: Sugawara Akitada series
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sutton, Surrey, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780727869890; 9781847513212
Subjects: Sugawara Akitada (Fictitious character); Fiction; Public officers; Arson investigation; Murder; Investigation; History
Description: In 11th-century Japan, Sugawara Akitada's ailing wife is expecting a child, and when he loses his job and tries to confront the nobleman who is responsible for his dismissal, he ends up suspected of his murder. With no income and a growing family to support, Akitada desperately plunges into the investigation of this crime, aided by his faithful servant Tora, inadvertently placing not only his own life, but also the lives of his wife and child, in grave danger.
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