The Ronin's Mistress (47 page)
The Fire Kimono
The Snow Empress
Red Chrysanthemum
The Assassin’s Touch
The Perfumed Sleeve
The Dragon King’s Palace
The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria
Black Lotus
The Samurai’s Wife
The Concubine’s Tattoo
The Way of the Traitor
Bundori
Shinj
ū
About the Author
LAURA JOH ROWLAND, the granddaughter of Chinese and Korean immigrants, was educated at the University of Michigan and now lives in New York with her husband.
The R
ō
nin’s Mistress
is the fifteenth novel in her acclaimed series of thrillers set in feudal Japan; two of them have been named among the Best Mysteries of the Year by
Publishers Weekly
, while a third was declared one of the five best historical mystery novels by
The Wall Street Journal
.
Visit Laura on Facebook and at
www.laurajohrowland.com
.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE R
Ō
NIN’S MISTRESS
. Copyright © 2011 by Laura Joh Rowland. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rowland, Laura Joh.
The R
ō
nin’s mistress : a novel / Laura Joh Rowland.—1st ed.
p. cm.
e-ISBN 9781429973861
1. Sano, Ichiro (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Japan—History—Genroku period, 1688–1704—Fiction. 3. Samurai—Fiction. 4. Domestic fiction. I. Title.
PS3568.O934R66 2011
813'.54—dc22
2011018771
First Edition: September 2011
