by Laura Joh Rowland · Viamagna · tapa dura · ISBN 9788493467999
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«Shinju: El amor prohibido» is the historical mystery novel by Laura Joh Rowland, published by Viamagna in hardback (448 pages, in Spanish).
In 17th-century Japan, the appearance of the bodies of a high-society lady and a humble artist in the Sumida River seems like a shinju, a double love suicide. The newly appointed yoriki Sano Ichiro, however, believes it is murder and delves into a web of corruption reaching the highest circles.
First installment of Laura Joh Rowland's Sano Ichiro series. The original novel was published in 1994; this Spanish edition, translated by Raquel Solà García, appeared in 2006.
For fans of historical mystery novels and investigations set in feudal Japan.
Laura Joh Rowland is an American detective/mystery author, known for her series of historical mystery novels featuring protagonist Sano Ichirō set in feudal Japan, mostly in Edo during the late 17th century. She is also the author of two other historical mystery series, one featuring a fictionalized Charlotte Brontë, as well an ongoing series set in Victorian England around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders.
