by Laura Joh Rowland · Editorial Viamagna · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496692251
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«Shinju: El Amor Prohibido» is the historical mystery novel by Laura Joh Rowland, published by Editorial Viamagna in paperback (450 pages, in Spanish).
Japan, 18th century. When Yukiko, a wealthy young woman, and Noriyoshi, an artist of humble origin, are found drowned together in a shinju (ritual love suicide), everyone accepts the official verdict. Sano Ichiro, investigator for the shogun, suspects the deaths conceal a murder and sets out to find it through all levels of society.
First installment in the Sano Ichiro series. The original work was published in 1994; this Spanish edition, published in 2007, is number 11 in Viamagna's Bolsillo collection.
For readers of historical and crime fiction who want an investigation with a traditional Japanese setting.
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.
