Books by Laura Joh Rowland

Black Lotus (2002)
When an unknown arsonist sets fire to a cottage on the grounds of the Black Lotus Temple, killing th...

The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria (2003)
In feudal Japan, passion and secrets lead to murder. . . From A Remote, Exotic World. . . Sano Ichir...

The Concubine's Tattoo (2000)
Twenty months spent as the shogun's sosakan-sama--most honorable investigator of events, situations,...

Shinju (1996)
When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju,...

The Perfumed Sleeve (2004)
When 1694 Edo erupts into violence in the wake of a conflict between two rival factions, the shogun'...

The Snow Empress (2007)
In 1699 Japan, when their son is kidnapped by dangerous rivals jealous over his power and influence ...

The Assassin's Touch (2006)
When the shogun's chief intelligence officer suddenly drops dead during a horse race at Edo Castle--...