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  • The Dragon Scroll

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series Book 1 - A Sugawara Akitada Mystery
    In an adventure filled with highway bandits, unscrupulous politicians, and renegade monks, The Dragon Scroll introduces readers to the lively world of eleventh-century Japan and an irrepressible hero—Sugawara Akitada. On his first official assignment, Akitada—an impoverished nobleman and earnest young government clerk in the Ministry of Justice—is sent from the capital city on a nearly impossible ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Convict's Sword

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series Book 6 - A Sugawara Akitada Mystery
    The latest in the "terrifically imaginative" (The Wall Street Journal) Akitada mystery series brings eleventh-century Japan to lifeI. J. Parker's phenomenal Akitada mystery series has been gaining fans with each new novel. The latest, The Convict's Sword, is the most fully realized installment to date, weaving history, drama, mystery, romance, and adventure into a story of passion and redemption. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Akitada's First Case

    Akitada Mysteries

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series series Akitada Mysteries
    In this Shamus-Award-winning short story, the young Akitada becomes a detective when a father asks him to find his daughter. To Akitada’s dismay, the young woman has been murdered and the suspect is a convenient peddler. But this seems all wrong, and Akitada persists in his search for the real killer though it involves great risks to himself. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Sword Master

    by I. J. Parker ...
    In the streets of twelfth-century Kyoto, a homeless boy is brutalized and left to die. A selfless physician saves him but cannot soften his hardened spirit. Angry at the world and seeking vengeance against those who killed his parents, Hachiro rejects kindness and resolves to become a swordsman to avenge his parents. He succeeds beyond his dreams, but with fame comes trouble: every young fighter ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Ajitada and the Way of Justice

    Akitada mysteries, #0

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series Book 0 - Akitada mysteries
    Eleven short stories about crime and detection in eleventh century Japan are arranged chronologically for Akitada's career. They include cases that happened during traditional holidays and contain clues such as moon cakes, Chinese lutes, feral cats, and incense competitions. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death of a Poet

    Akitada Mysteries, #24

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series Book 24 - Akitada Mysteries
    Delving into the past can be as dangerous as interfering in someone else's business. Akitada unravels the dark secrets of a poet who drowned six months earlier in a remote mountain region. Was his death an accident or murder? His wife, an imperial princess, demands an investigation and the prime minister issues an order. As Akitada probes into the victim's final days, his friend Tora becomes ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Kindness of Dragons

    Akitada mysteries, #18

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series Book 18 - Akitada mysteries
    On a visit to a remote mountain region with his children, Akitada hopes to find some peace after the break-up of his marriage. Instead they become involved almost immediately in the random violence that plagues the peasants of the valley. Farmers are murdered, rice stores are burned, and young girls disappear. The local policeman seems honest, but soon Akitada fears to trust anyone. When his ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Akitada's Holiday

    Akitada Mysteries

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series series Akitada Mysteries
    Murder doesn't take holidays, and neither does Akitada. In this small collection of three short stories, Akitada solves crimes on New Year's Day, during the O-bon festival of the dead, and on the occasion of the Tanabata festival celebrating the meeting of celestial lovers. As a bonus, a chapter describes the Kamo festival from RASHOMON GATE. These exotic whodunits mix detection with the customs ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Ikiryo: Vengeance and Justice

    Akitada mysteries

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series series Akitada mysteries
    Deeply distressed by his wife's adultery, Akitada returns to the capital to patch up his marriage and to help Superintendent Kobe with a case of poisoning. But before he can deal with either, the prime minister orders Akitada to save his dyinbg brother who is plagued by a vengeful spirit from his past. Unable to refuse, Akitada plays a dangerous game to bring justice to some of the dying man's ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Rashomon Gate

    by I.J. Parker ...
    Narrated by Roy Vongtama ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 58 min

    A riveting historical mystery set amid the exquisite ritual and refined treachery of eleventh-century Japan.Sugawara Akitada is the son of impoverished nobility toiling at a low-level job in the Ministry of Justice. When an old friend, Professor Hirata, asks him to investigate a colleague’s blackmail, Akitada takes leave of his stultifying job for a temporary post at the Imperial University. There ... Read more

    $22.50 USD

  • Spring Festival in Akaiwa

    Akitada Mysteries, #23

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series Book 23 - Akitada Mysteries
    A governor's life is not an easy one. It is spring when everything starts going wrong for Akitada. The town is full of unruly festival visitors, three brutal murders remain unsolved because the suspects depart, and two rice merchants plot to defraud his administration. When his own trusted retainer rebels and embarks on a murderous vendetta, complaints multiply and Akitada faces not only dismissal ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Shrine Virgin

    Akitada Mysteries, #14

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series Book 14 - Akitada Mysteries
    When an imperial princess disappears from the Ise shrine, Akitada, new governor of Mikawa Province, has barely had time to settle there with his family before he is dispatched by imperial order on a secret assignment to find her.The world Akitada finds at Ise turns out to be anything but spiritual. The pilgrimage town is a murky, dangerous place where no one can be trusted and where someone wants ... Read more

    $6.99 USD