The Hell Screen
A Fiction, Cultural, Historical Mystery book. Now he was only a short days ride from the capital and worried about what...
Government official turned sleuth Akitada Sugawara, on his way home to attend the sickbed of his bitter, aging mother, is spending the night at a monastery when he finds himself drawn to a brilliantly illustrated screen depicting the horrors of hell. His brief stay is complicated by the murder of a beautiful young woman. Personal and professional interests begin to merge as Akitada becomes ensnared in a tangled web of deceit and malevolence that will, in the end, strike very close to home. Rich, textured, and historically researched, this complex mystery is the second in an acclaimed series featuring Akitada Sugawara.
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Now he was only a short days ride from the capital and worried about what he would find. Akiko, the elder of his two sisters, had married an official during his absence and moved away, but Yoshiko was still at home. He tried to imagine his mother ill, her fierce strength gone, and I.J. Parker, The Hell Screen //
Twists and turns, a classic form for our heroes. Need to keep up with the characters and if one follows the events, this one you can guess the overall outcome. A good read. "A mystery of ancient Japan."I actually meant to wait to read this book till I'd read the first book in the series, "Rashomon Gate." But then I wound up confusing it with Laura Joh Rowland's "Shinju," and forgot that I hadn't read the novel's predecessor. Turns out not a big deal. Like many mysteries in series, this is a fully stand-alone... I. J. Parker's series of Japanese murder mysteries featuring Samurai detective Sugawara Akitada has become one of my favorites over the last year and this entry proved particularly interesting.One of the elements of these novels I enjoy most is the way Parker gives us several different mysteries, each of which seems self-contained but...
