The Ronin's Mistress (Sano Ichiro Series #15)

From an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politician's ear for intrigue," a retelling of the revenge tale of the 47 Ronin (The New York Times).

Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, forty-seven warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge—but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicid...