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Language English Publication date 1994 Originally published 1994 Genre Historical mystery Publisher Random House | 3.8/5 Goodreads Series Sano Ichirō ISBN 978-0-06-100950-1 Followed by Bundori Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shinjū (1994) is the title of the debut novel by American writer Laura Joh Rowland, a historical mystery set in 1689 Genroku-era Japan. The main character, a yoriki (a lower-ranking police officer) named Sano Ichirō, investigates a double murder disguised as a lovers' suicide, and in the process, uncovers a plot to assassinate Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
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