Kerry reviewed on
Helpful Score: 4
This is Rowland's 2nd book published in 1996. She is now in 2006 coming out with her 11th title. These earlier books which I prefer - Shinju (1994), Bundori, The Concubine's Tattoo(1998), The Samarai's Wife(2000) - set the tone for the rest.
Laura Joh Rowland's Web site introduces book and term Bundori as follows, "In the misty streets and alleys of Edo, Japan's feudal capital, a serial killer lurks. Each victim is rendered up as a severed head, nailed to a plank, offered for public display as a bundori: a war trophy in samurai military tradition. Detective Sano Ichiro, newly promoted to the new position as the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator, tries valiantly to follow Bushidothe Way of the Warrioras he strives to bring the killer to justice."
Laura Joh Rowland's Web site introduces book and term Bundori as follows, "In the misty streets and alleys of Edo, Japan's feudal capital, a serial killer lurks. Each victim is rendered up as a severed head, nailed to a plank, offered for public display as a bundori: a war trophy in samurai military tradition. Detective Sano Ichiro, newly promoted to the new position as the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator, tries valiantly to follow Bushidothe Way of the Warrioras he strives to bring the killer to justice."
