It is June 1694, and Reiko, the beautiful wife of Sano Ichiro; Reiko's friend, Midori; the shogun's mother; and Lady Yanagisawa, wife of the shogun's powe...

November 1694. The streets of Edo are erupting in violence as two factions struggle for control over the ruling Tokugawa regime. One is led by the shogun'...

Twenty months spent as the shogun's sosakan-sama – most honorable investigator of events, situations, and people – has left Sano Ichiro weary. He looks fo...

Charlotte once had the opportunity to work for the secret services of the British Empire, but now, several years later, this adventure seems almost like a dr...

Historians and literary scholars say: the great English writer, who gave the world the legendary “Jane Eyre,” led a quiet, peaceful life and had no inclinati...

Sano Ishiro is no stranger to unraveling mysterious crimes. But this time he will have a really hard time. As he investigates the mysterious murder of a high...

The guards accompanying the four traveling noble ladies were completely killed. The women disappeared without a trace. Are they dead? But the bodies were nev...

The “fun quarters” of Edo are no strangers to murder. But this time the victim of unknown criminals was none other than the heir to the shogun himself! The c...

The fire on the territory of a huge temple complex, which belonged to the Buddhist sect of the Black Lotus, was extinguished quite quickly. Only a small hous...

The Emperor of Japan and his closest advisers are in mortal danger! An influential minister became the victim of a mysterious killer, destroyed using the anc...