title: Blade of the Samurai: A Shinobi Mystery (Shinobi Mysteries)
author:  Susan Spann 
description: The second Hiro Hattori mystery (after 2013s Claws of the Cat) finds the sixteenth-century ninjaand unofficial investigatorpresented with an interesting problem. A fellow ninja, Kazu, believes hes about to be accused of killing the shoguns cousin, but Hiro finds it difficult to prove the mans innocence when Kazu wont answer the simplest of questions, such as where he was when the victim was murdered. Hiro and Father Mateo, the visiting Jesuit priest who fills the role of sidekick (the series premise being Hiro is Mateos appointed ninja protector, which makes an excellent cover for Hiro to investigate crimes), work their way through a long list of suspects to find the real killer before Kazus fate is sealed. There are already a couple of good mystery series set in feudal-era Japan, one at the beginning of the historical period and the other at the end; this ones set in between, meaning the been-there-done-that factor is reduced to background noise. A strong second entry in a very promising series. --David Pitt
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  # Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Part 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  After their journey to recover for the Five Supreme Blades in the island
  country of Hinomoto, Shin’s party returned to Black Priestess Shrine’s
  guildhouse.
  
  
  
  
  
  Shin and Tiera shared part of their memories when they purified one of the
  Five Supreme Blades, 『Dojigiri Yasutsuna』; this spurred Shin to decide to talk
  about his past to her.
  
  
  
  
  
  Tiera spoke while looking straight into Shin