The convict's sword
Subtitle: a mystery of eleventh-century Japan
By: I. J. Parker
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Akitada series
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780143115793
Subjects: Sugawara Akitada (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction; Exiles -- Fiction; Smallpox -- Fiction; Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction; Mystery
First sentence: The fifteenth day of the Fifth Month was the day Tomoe died.
Description: From back cover: Haunted by his vow to find the mysterious killer of his friend Haseo, Lord Sugawara Akitada, senior secretary in the Ministry of Justice, temporarily abandons his post and sets out to fulfill his promise. But Haseo, condemned to die in exile for a crime he did not commit, left only his sword behind as a clue to his past. At the same time, Akitada's retainer, Tora, is investigating the violent death of a blind street singer amid a smallpox outbreak that threatens the entire city. Weaving together history, drama, mystery, romance, and adventure, The Convict's Sword is a story of passion and redemption that brings eleventh-century Japan vividly to life.
Notes: "A Penguin mystery original."
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Temple Bells
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Tempting Soga's Wrath
pagenum: 23; label: 3
title: Ghosts
pagenum: 35; label: 4
title: The Blind Street Singer
pagenum: 51; label: 5
title: The Shackles of Life
pagenum: 69; label: 6
title: Kobe
pagenum: 83; label: 7
title: Old Men
pagenum: 97; label: 8
title: The Nun
pagenum: 111; label: 9
title: Fortune Telling
pagenum: 127; label: 10
title: The Hidden Garden
pagenum: 145; label: 11
title: The Boy
pagenum: 161; label: 12
title: The Beautiful Lady Yasugi
pagenum: 181; label: 13
title: The Storehouse
pagenum: 203; label: 14
title: Broken Ties
pagenum: 223; label: 15
title: Caught
pagenum: 243; label: 16
title: Purple and White Wisteria
pagenum: 261; label: 17
title: To the Death
pagenum: 279; label: 18
title: The Evil Omen
pagenum: 297; label: 19
title: Haseo's Sword
pagenum: 315; label: 20
title: Haseo's Crime
pagenum: 333; label: 21
title: Smoke Over Toribeno
pagenum: 349; label: 22
title: Hiroko
pagenum: 365; label: 23
title: Kobe
pagenum: 381; label: 24
title: Evening Bells
pagenum: 399; title: Historical Note
pagenum: 411