- Gebundene Ausgabe: 336 Seiten
- Verlag: St. Martin's Press (Dezember 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0312192525
- ISBN-13: 978-0312192525
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,1 x 15,2 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (16 Kundenrezensionen)
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Suspects abound in Rowland's fourth mystery set in seventeenth-century Edo (Tokyo). After surviving the dangers described in The Way of the Traitor (1997), Sano Ichiro, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, hopes that nothing will interfere with the celebrations surrounding his arranged marriage to Reiko Ueda, the only daughter of a local magistrate. His desire is thwarted when his wedding feast is interrupted by news of the death of a concubine in the women's quarters at Edo Castle. Sano must tiptoe carefully through palace intrigues and jealousies as he sorts through suspects' alibis. Most important, Sano must come to an accommodation with his well-educated, highly intelligent young wife, who is determined to assist him in discovering the murderer. Despite a few instances of overwrought prose, Rowland offers fascinating glimpses into the culture of medieval Japan, especially into the thankless lives of women. A good choice for fans of historical mysteries. Nancy Pearl
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When a 17th-century shogun's favorite concubine suddenly dies, it falls to his chief investigator, Sano Ichiro, to discover how and why. Sano must interrupt his plans for a honeymoon; contend with an educated, wayward, and sleuthing wife; foil the wily machinations of his evil arch-nemesis (second-in-command to and longtime lover of the shogun); and still keep peace with his pusillanimous employer. A fascinating, well-researched, and action-filled costume adventure, perhaps even better than Rowland's The Way of the Traitor. (LJ 5/1/97).
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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What I want to know is why are some of these reviewers panning this book because it contains sexual abuse and acts? The title of this book is "The CONCUBINE'S Tattoo" for crissakes! What do you expect to read from a book involving CONCUBINES? You don't see people innocently renting the the movie "Die Hard" and then turn around and slam it only because it contains violence, do you? And about the child abuse, we can't deny that sick and twisted acts such as this happen and weren't questioned in those days. Touchy subjects such as child abuse, racism, and violence shouldn't be censored from, nor require some ridiculous warning labels for books that are catered to mature readers in the first place. Just stop reading if you are that sensitive to such issues. Now that I got that out of the way, I just want to say how much I love Rowland's work. She's one of those authors who's work I would pick up from the shelf just because her name is on it! I don't know if every historical account in this book is accurate (and I don't care because if I were searching for accuracy, I would go to a nonfictional history book), but it is certainly fun to read a mystery that doesn't take place in cliche' moderen day streets of Manhattan/Los Angeles/any trendy city. Why didn't I give it five stars? I felt that the previous books "Shinju" and "Bundori" were a lot stronger and rank surpreme to "The Concubine's Tattoo". Also, I miss Sano's previous love interest, Aoi. I can't wait to see what that lowdown slime of a villian, Chamberlain Yanagisawa is going to do next to my favorite detective in the upcoming "The Samurai's Wife". I will be first in line for that one!
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The Concubine's Tattoo offers everything that I need in a mystery. It is set in an exotic, fascinating era, 17th century Japan. It has an engaging mystery, about the death of one of Shoguns concubines, Harume while she is illicitly tattooing her lovers' name in a secret place and there are many possible suspects. The main characters in the story are interesting and sympathetic people. She opens the story at the lead character, Sano Ichiro's arranged wedding to Reiko, a Japanese woman with a mind of her own. The untimely death of Harume interrupts the wedding festivities and immediately set Sano and Reiko in conflict because of their different ideas of were a woman' s place is.
There are many great subplots woven throughout the story and Rowland has managed to make Ichiro's enemy, Chamberlain Yanagisawa, a richly drawn and sympathetic character without losing his menace. Actually all of the important secondary characters are given a nice depth, as well as the main characters.
This was the fourth book in a Series of books about San Ichiro's work as the Shoguns investigator and the first that I have read. I am not a regular mystery reader, the plots are usually a bit to predictable for me and I do not like the genre enough to put up with shoddy writing. This book however, and I hope the series, was engaging on several different levels. While it is a stand-alone book it definitely peaked my interest in finding and reading all of the books in this series. This is an author that I look forward to enjoying for years to come.
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Unfortunately, I started this before I realized there were a couple in the series before it. Now I'll have to read them out of order. I'm sure there could have been men like Sano in 17th century Japan who grudgingly realized their culture oppressed women so I didn't see that as a big anachronism. Plus, there are women now who are ahead of their time, so why couldn't Reiko have been ahead of HER time? Two complaints: The author was trying to give the Shogun some kind of odd speech pattern where he said "Ahhh" in the middle of sentences in strange spots as in: "We must find, Ahhh, Lady Harume's killer!" It was annoying and strange. My other complaint was the harsh and abusive sex scenes. I think the author could have managed to convey the fact that the villain was a brute WITHOUT having that horrid scene of him abusing a teenaged boy. I think authors in general these days seem to feel they have to throw in some graphic violence as though they believe we readers are all bloodthirsty ghouls.
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dreadful book
I can't say it better than Ms. Siosan or Ms. Donihue; but this book was dreadful. Poorly written, trite dialog. It had an interesting idea, but was poor in the execution. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Juli 2000 von "smhreader"
Filth gilded by history
I'm sorry if this review offends anyone, but I did not care at all for this book. Normally I would not waste my time reviewing a book I didn't like, but this book was so absolutely... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juni 2000 von Mrs. Donihue
decent beach book
I had never heard of this author or the book and bought it at the supermarket so I wasn't expecting too much. But I was pleasantly surprised. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
Interesting genre and play of characters . .
The cover was the first thing that caught me about the book. When I started to read, it reminded me of a Japanese detective TV series called "Abarenbo Shogun". Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Mai 2000 von GorgeousMika
Ill-conceived waste of time and money
Being completely new to the Sano Ichiro series, I'm notqualified to give an opinion on past books. But oh my, what adisappointment in form and flavor was "The... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Mai 2000 von Eunice Sioson
A Waning Series Drifts Off Center
The Ichiro mysteries are fun and have an authentic feeling. Rowland seems to do good, solid research, but readers should keep in mind that an American of Chinese/Korean origin has... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Mai 2000 von Mick McAllister
Ms. Rowlands best so far.
Having read her entire Sano series to date, this one out does them all. More personality, and the suspense builds nicely to the end. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Januar 2000 von Valiant G. Kanaga
Interesting and Unexpected
I was at the libary browsing for the latest Laurie R. King books (O Jerusalem and A Darker Place). I could only find A Darker Place, I was disappointed, so I decided to keep... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Abusive sex and phony plot devices make this loathesome.
I would not give this book even one star if any lower rating were possible. Anyone who, like me, is a survivor of child sexual abuse, needs to know that this book contains graphic... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Historical mystery can cause samurai night fever
The Tokugawa shogunate in the 17th century has been a setting for a number of memorable works: the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa, Eiji Yoshikawa's epic novel "Mushashi," and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Februar 1999 von Author Bill Peschel
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