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Title: Interesting genre and play of characters . .
Review: The cover was the first thing that caught me about the book. When I started to read, it reminded me of a Japanese detective TV series called "Abarenbo Shogun". Sano Ichiro is very much like the main character in that series, and I rather like his character. As this is my first book by Ms. Rowland, I was taken by the addition of his fiancee Reiko. She's unlike anything that came out of the Tokugawa Era. All in all, character flow was nice, storyline was very familiar, and I would definitely read more from her in the future. I only wish she worked on things from a deeper detective aspect. There are times when she loses the original feel for it. It gets a little lost at times.
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