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Japan, March 1700. The strife between Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court, and his enemies has escalated to the brink of war.

When a long-buried skeleton with mysterious links to the shogun suddenly comes to light, Sano and his wife, Reiko, who defies social conventions by joining in his investigations, must confront dangerous secrets. What was Sano's own mother doing on the night when a burning kimono ignited a blaze that nearly destroyed the city? The shogun gives Sano and Reiko just three days to find out—or risk losing not only their position at court but their families' lives.

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Set in 1700, Rowland's outstanding 13th Sano Ichiro mystery (after 2007's The Snow Empress) finds Sano, whom the shogun raised to the rank of chamberlain several books back, waging a fierce struggle with his chief rival, Lord Matsudaira. The stakes are raised at the outset when Matsudaira's forces almost succeed in killing Sano's wife and occasional sleuthing partner, Reiko. The chamberlain soon suspects that someone else may have been behind the attack, but soon he faces a more daunting task-proving his mother innocent of the murder of one of the shogun's cousins, who vanished during the great fire that destroyed much of Edo and whose skeletal remains were just uncovered by chance. Sano must now question everything he thought he knew about his mother, with his own family facing execution should she be found guilty. Rowland has given her hero his greatest challenge yet in this suspenseful look at feudal Japan. (Nov.)

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Sano Ichiro, second in command to the shogun, is preparing for war against his enemy, Lord Matsudaira. The shogun is weak and unable to rule effectively and the two wage battle behind his back, each wanting to stop the other from gaining more power. In the thick of this enmity, a skeleton is unearthed and discovered to be the body of the shogun's cousin, murdered 40 years earlier. Sano is sent to investigate, only to find that his own mother is implicated. He must not only save her from execution, but also come to terms with the secrets she's held all his life. This turn of events provides Lord Matsudaira with the fodder he needs to try to oust Sano. The story threads are neatly tied up to create a satisfactory ending that leaves readers wanting more about these all-too-human characters. This series stars Sano and his wife, Reiko, who solve mysteries. The book can be read on its own, but it would be a richer experience for teens familiar with the preceding titles. The plot is complicated, with many auxiliary stories taking place alongside the thread of the mystery. Rowland brings Sano, his wife, a cast of supporting characters, and 18th-century Japan to life with a sweet, simple writing style.-Connie Williams, Kenilworth Jr. High, Petaluma, CA

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A toppled tree exposes the bones of a boy murdered 43 years earlier in the heat of the great 17th-century fire that leveled Edo, the huge predecessor to Tokyo.

Returning to the familiar Japan of her long-running samurai saga after a side trip to 19th-century England, Rowland (The Snow Empress, 2007, etc.) drops her readers in the midst of red-hot court intrigue. Beautiful, clever, part-time detective Reiko's palanquin is attacked in the streets by men wearing the badge of her husband Sano Ichiro's arch rival Lord Matsudaira. Within a short time Matsudaira's household is bombed by men seemingly in the employ of Sano, the brilliant former policeman who has worked his way to the right hand of the Shogun. Sano and Matsudaira are indeed at each others' throats, but privately, out of sight of the boss and his boyfriend. The attacks have been masterminded by someone outside the Shogun's household. Before things are sorted out, the rivals are summoned to court where the Shogun announces the discovery of the bones of his long dead young kinsman Tokugawa Tadadoshi, and he orders Sano to get to the bottom of the murder. Sano's investigation is hampered from the beginning by the deadly competition with Matsudaira. It then becomes a catastrophe when evidence points to Sano's mother Etsuko as the prime suspect. Sano and Reiko work separately to reveal the aristocratic and very romantic past at the heart of a love triangle that Etsuko has kept hidden from her son, as well as her involvement in the household of the murdered youth. The secrets, which lie in the chaos of the burning of Edo 43 years earlier, must come out if Etsuko is to avoid execution, but Sano's frantic sleuthing runs constantlyup against the machinations of an old and exiled enemy.

Far from being distracting, the historic setting is mesmerizing. Great escape fiction.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312588861
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publication date: 9/29/2009
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 304
  • Sales rank: 209,792
  • Series: Sano Ichiro Series , #13
  • Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

LAURA JOH ROWLAND is the author of twelve previous Sano Ichiro thrillers, including The Snow Empress, which Publishers Weekly chose as one of the Best Mysteries of 2007. She lives in New Orleans.

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  • Posted October 14, 2009

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    I finished this book too soon.... Great Samurai-Fiction book. Sano is my hero, Yanagisawa is the evil one, but I kind of miss him when he is not around. Great book. Can't wait for her next book "The Cloud Pavilion" to be out at the bookstore.

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  • Posted September 19, 2009

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    super Japanese historical thriller

    In 1700 supporters of Lord Matsudaira almost kill Lady Reiko during an attack on her. Chamberlain Sano Ichiro is outraged on the assault of his beloved wife and vows vengeance against his despicable rival Matsudaira although his adversary denies any involvement.

    However, the samurai has to put aside his growing suspicion that a third party attacked his wife when the Shogun orders Sano to investigate the finding of a body buried near a Shinto shrine. Items uncovered next to the corpse imply the deceased is the Shogun's cousin who vanished without a trace four decades ago during an inferno that devastated much of Edo. As the husband and wife investigative team probe the case in which the shogun concedes reluctantly three days to them, they find evidence that implicates Sano's mother Etsuko with the murder.

    THE FIRE KIMONO is one of the best Ichiro Japanese historical thrillers, which says a lot as this long running saga is known for its consistent excellence. The story line contains two strong twists, but it is the second one that shocks the samurai hero as his belief system is torn asunder with what he learns about his mother. Fans will enjoy this super entry as Sano and Reiko have three days to prove his mom was not the bearer of the deadly FIRE KIMONO who killed the shogun's cousin and destroyed Edo; but every clue seems to lead to the conclusion she is.

    Harriet Klausner

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  • Posted March 17, 2009

    Good Book! Good Series!

    As you see I'm a fan of her books.

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  • Posted February 16, 2009

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    Ms. Rowland has another winner

    I am very bias when it comes to the Sano Ichiro series as I have read them all, and liked everyone of them. Eventhough I do not have a favorite, Fire Kimono, is one of my top five stories.
    Now that his old enemy Yanagisawa has returned (the idiot Shogun has forgiven him for everything), and Sano is now sharing the dubious title of Chamberlain with him - the next book by Ms. Rowland should be very interesting. I found that Sano's mother should have a past (doesn't everyone)to be very revealing and appropriate which explains the real reason she did not want to live inside the castle gates with Sano after his marriage. Again, Sano has to save her and his family from a horrible death (doesn't he always) which will become additional story plot as Rowland develops Sano's mother and her lost love.

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  • Posted January 16, 2009

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    Wonderful addition to her already fantastic collection of Sano Ichiro series.

    I expected Yanagisawa to return, but you will never expect the rest. This book keeps the pages turning. In a matter of three nights I had it finished. I will be waiting in suspense for number 14 of this series.

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