Black Lotus

The Dragon King's Palace: A Novel (Sano Ichiro Mysteries)

Author: Laura Joh Rowland

When veteran samurai-detective Sano Ichiro, the most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, is called on to investigate the burning of a cottage belonging to the Black Lotus Temple, he makes a shocking discovery. The three victims of the blaze did not die in the fire, but were brutally murdered before the fire even began. With a triple homicide on his ha….Read More

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