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    The Incense Game: A Novel of Feudal Japan
    The Incense Game: A Novel of Feudal Japan
    The Incense Game: A Novel of Feudal Japan
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Incense Game: A Novel of Feudal Japan

    Written by Laura Joh Rowland

    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

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    Laura Joh Rowland brings us her most powerful and evocative thriller yet, The Incense Game.--In the wake of a terrifying earthquake, Sano Ichiro races to solve a crime that could bring down the shogun's regime. A nobleman's daughters are found dead from incense poisoning and their father threatens to topple the regime unless Sano Ichiro tracks down the killer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781666594225
    The Incense Game: A Novel of Feudal Japan
    Author

    Laura Joh Rowland

    LAURA JOH ROWLAND is the author of the Sano Ichiro mysteries (Shinju, Bundori, and The Way of the Traitor), which have twice been named Best Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly. She lived through a natural disaster when Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed her house in New Orleans, and now lives in New York City.

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    • 5/5
      Absorbing reading, the author keeps getting better at the series with many more elements to the Shogun court.
      Can't wait for the next instalment.