Shogun<\/i><\/b> meets Sherlock Holmes! Over 24 million copies have been sold of this beloved samurai adventure<\/b><\/p>\n
It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a year since he left his father Kohei – once the most skilled swordsman in the land – to set up his own blade school by the cool of the river. Ever since, amid the swaying bamboo groves, he waits patiently for his first disciple.<\/p>\n
But his serenity is soon disrupted by the visit of a mysterious samurai with an unhonourable offer: in exchange for a vast sum of gold, he must attack and injure the daughter of the Shogun’s most senior counsellor. Troubled by the proposal, Daijiro, alongside his father and Mifuyu, a female warrior without match, soon set out into the underworld of Edo-era Japan to uncover the conspiracy, before quickly finding themselves embroiled in a series of increasingly perilous adventures . . .<\/p>\n
Widely considered to be the greatest work by Shotaro Ikenami, the master of Japanese historical fiction, The Samurai Detectives<\/i> is a twisting, page-turning portrayal of one of the most intriguing, evocative periods in the history of Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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