Death on an Autumn River

by I.J. Parker

Overview

On a journey to Naniwa to unmask officials selling information to pirates, Akitada witnesses the recovery of a body from the river. The image of the drowned child prostitute follows him as his own problems and disasters multiply. Someone is sabotaging his investigation. His young clerk disappears, Akitada is attacked by thugs, and armed men brutalize his family in the capital. When Tora joins his master in Naniwa, they both fall into the hands of the pirates and must fight a battle to the death to escape. Yet ultimately it is the tragic story of the dead girl that will haunt Akitada most.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016350684
Publisher:	Ingrid J. Parker Inc
Publication date:	03/05/2013
Series:	Akitada Mysteries , #9
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	897,509
File size:	274 KB

About the Author

I.J. Parker was born and educated in Europe and turned to mystery writing after an academic career in the U.S. She published her short stories in Alfred Hitchcock�s Mystery Magazine, winning the short story Shamus award in 2000. The Akitada novels, a series about an eleventh century Japanese nobleman/detective, now consists of ten titles, with an eleventh to be released soon. The books are available in print, audio, and electronic formats. They have been translated into twelve languages. The short stories are available in electronic format. I.J. Parker is also the author of several historical novels set during the Heike Wars in twelfth century Japan.

Editorial Reviews

Parker has created a wonderful protagonist . . . With her steady, mature narrative (Parker) puts us at ease in a Japan of 1,000 years ago.

Boston Globe - Jim Fusilli

Parker has crafted another exotic and compelling mystery set in eleventh-century Japan and featuring government official and sometime detective Akitada Sugawara.

Booklist - Margaret Flanagan

You couldn't ask for a more gracious introduction to the exotic world of Japan.

New York Times - Marilyn Stasio