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...