A Samurai Never Fears Death

[Steve Hubbell]

A Samurai Never Fears Death
by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Philomel (March 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0399246096
List Price: $14.99

Book Description
For Seikei, the adopted son of the famous samurai Judge Ooka with a knack for solving mysteries, a trip home to see his real family isn’t cause to celebrate. His brother has become mixed up with local criminals who use the family’s tea shop as a front for a smuggling operation. His sister, meanwhile, has fallen in love with an apprentice to a puppet master who stands accused of murder. Somehow, Seikei senses the two are connected. His loyalties divided between his new family and his old, Seikei must find the real killer before it is too late.
Set against the eerie backdrop of the old Japanese puppet theaters, where life-sized marionettes were controlled by black-cloaked men, Edgar Award-winners Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler render their most satisfying mystery to date.

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Samurai Detective Series
1. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
2. The Demon in the Teahouse
3. In Darkness, Death
4. The Sword That Cut The Burning Grass
5. A Samurai Never Fears Death

[matthewapple]

Have you read this book yet? I read it while I was on a trip with my wife and loved it so much that I went an read the four previous ones as well! This series is really interesting because it incorporates so many historical details into some really interesting mysteries. My favorite is "The Ghost at the Tokaido Inn" followed by "In Darkness, Death," but all of them are good.

If you like those and would like something a little more on the grown-up side then Lian Hearn's "Tales of the Otori" series are also very good.