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A review by calbowen
Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland
4.0
This is an enjoyable read.
The Bare bones essence is that an ex-samurai turned police investigator in an ancient period of Japan investigates a murder dressed up as a suicide.
First, it is a mystery like all mystery novels. Intrigue, politics, conspiracies, and the entire gambit.
Second, it is in a feudal era of Japan, so it takes on a different flavor in that.
The story is sometimes a bit over-laden with Japanese history and defining of terms when they get used, but for the most part, the flow is nice. I could imagine that the right company could do a film of this, or possible one of the others in the series of novels.
Samurai Detective sounds funny, until you actually get lost in the story, which was easy to do. Pick this one up if either genre is in your wheelhouse.
The Bare bones essence is that an ex-samurai turned police investigator in an ancient period of Japan investigates a murder dressed up as a suicide.
First, it is a mystery like all mystery novels. Intrigue, politics, conspiracies, and the entire gambit.
Second, it is in a feudal era of Japan, so it takes on a different flavor in that.
The story is sometimes a bit over-laden with Japanese history and defining of terms when they get used, but for the most part, the flow is nice. I could imagine that the right company could do a film of this, or possible one of the others in the series of novels.
Samurai Detective sounds funny, until you actually get lost in the story, which was easy to do. Pick this one up if either genre is in your wheelhouse.