September 18, 2012, Minotaur Books) The Shogun's Daughter (, September 17, 2013, St. Martin's Press) The Iris Fan (, December 9, 2014, St. Martin's Press) Annotations It is not known if it is intentional that the protagonist's name Sano Ichirō could be interpreted as a homage to one of Japan's most famous deductive fiction writers, , born in 1928, who uses the pen-name of Sano Yo (佐野洋). The title of the first novel is the Romanized form of the term written in kanji as 心中, pronounced as Shinjū, which refers to a suicide pact by a pair of lovers. The title of the second novel is the Romanized form of the term written in katakana as ブンドリ (bu-n-do-ri), which means "seizing the soil of the vanquished", or simply spoils of war or war trophy. Other novels Charlotte Brontë mysteries The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë. Overlook Press; 2008. Bedlam: The Further Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë. Overlook Press; 2010. A Victorian Mystery The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery. Crooked Lane Books; 2017. A Mortal Likeness: A Victorian Mystery. Crooked Lane Books; 2018. The Hangman's Secret: A Victorian Mystery. Crooked Lane Books; 2019. The Woman in the Veil: A Victorian Mystery. Crooked Lane Books; 2020. Portrait of Peril: A Victorian Mystery. Crooked Lane Books; 2021. Garden of Sin: A Victorian Mystery. Crooked Lane Books; 2022. References External links Laura Joh Rowland's Official Web Site The Sano Ichirō Page American mystery writers American historical novelists Writers of historical mysteries Living people University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni American writers of Chinese descent American writers of Korean descent American women novelists 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Novelists from Michigan Women mystery writers Women historical novelists American women writers of Chinese descent Year of birth missing (living people) University of Michigan School of Public Health alumni Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period