The Island of the Gods: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 16)

From the Shamus Award winning author comes a new mystery set in Imperial Japan.In the autumn of 1033, Sugawara Akitada spends his last year as governor of Mikawa Province amidst reports of piracy and concerns about an uprising. He grieves over his troubled marriage and worries about the murder of the daughter of a local lord. As if things could not be worse, an investigator from the capital arrives to build a case of malfeasance against him, and when he and Tora decide to check into irregularities along the Tokaido highway, they uncover a conspiracy that points to one of Mikawa’s powerful overlords and find themselves in real danger.

• Ikiryo: Vengeance and Justice: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 17)
• The Kindness of Dragons: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 18)
• The Nuns of Nara: An Akitada Novel (Akitada mysteries)
• The Assssin's Daughter: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 15)
• The Shrine Virgin: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 14)
• The Old Men of Omi: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 13)
• The Crane Pavilion: An Akitada Novel (the Akitada series) (Volume 12)
• Death on an Autumn River: An Akitada novel (Akitada mysteries) (Volume 9)
• Death of a Doll Maker: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 11)
• The Emperor's Woman: An Akitada Novel (Akitada Mysteries) (Volume 10)