A review by omipotent
Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland

4.0

Explore feudal Japan with yoriki sano-san. Our favourite samurai detective (I actually really like the main protagonist and if the story wasnt tedious at times I would have given it 5 stars). If you like murder mysteries in 17th century Asia this is a good book for you. Where they had bureaurcracy's, scary people with swords (and fans, I am equally terrified by the high class women), gay rights and animal rights. Arguably better than 17th century Europe.