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Tony
Dec 28, 2016 rated it it was ok
Around twenty years ago, I stumbled across Laura Joh Rowland's Sano Ichiro historical mystery series and enjoyed those for a whole, getting a nice taste of 17th century Japan. The other day, I stumbled across this first in a long-running historical mystery series the other day and picked it up hoping to repeat the experience (although this series is set in the 11th century). Unfortunately, this one didn't really grab me in the same way. Part of this may be down to my own shifting tastes, but the ...more
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Nov 11, 2014 marked it as to-read