Death on an Autumn River: An Akitada novel (Akitada mysteries) (Volume 9)

On a river journey to Naniwa to unmask officials selling information to pirates, Akitada witnesses the recovery of a body. The image of the drowned child prostitute follows him as his own problems and disasters multiply. Someone is sabotaging his investigation. His young clerk disappears, Akitada is attacked by two thugs, and armed men brutalize his family in the capital. When Tora joins his master, they both fall into the hands of the pirates and must fight a battle to the death to escape. But ultimately it is the tragic story of the dead girl that will haunt Akitada most.

• The Emperor's Woman: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 10)
• Death of a Doll Maker: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 11)
• The Old Men of Omi: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 13)
• The Nuns of Nara: An Akitada Novel (Akitada mysteries)
• The Crane Pavilion: An Akitada Novel (the Akitada series) (Volume 12)
• The Kindness of Dragons: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 18)
• The Shrine Virgin: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 14)
• Ikiryo: Vengeance and Justice: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 17)
• The Island of the Gods: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 16)
• The Masuda Affair: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 7)