Black arrow
By: I.J. Parker.
Series: Akitada series
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780143035619
Subjects: Nobility -- Fiction; Sugawara Akitada (Fictitious character); Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: As "Black Arrow" opens, Sugawara Akitada assumes his new post as provisional governor of Echigo, a frigid province in the far north notorious for its hostility to outsiders. But the snow that threatens to completely isolate the region is the least of his problemswhich include a local uprising, a series of brutal murders, and a mystery thats as old as the frozen hills and a lot more dangerous.
Notes: "A Penguin mystery original"--P. [4] of cover.