The Iris Fan (46 page)
Authors: Laura Joh Rowland
Tags: #Fiction, #Mystery & Detective, #Historical
The R
ō
nin’s Mistress
The Cloud Pavilion
The Fire Kimono
The Snow Empress
Red Chrysanthemum
The Assassin’s Touch
The Perfumed Sleeve
The Dragon King’s Palace
The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria
Black Lotus
The Samurai’s Wife
The Concubine’s Tattoo
The Way of the Traitor
Bundori
Shinj
ū
LAURA JOH ROWLAND is the author of seventeen previous novels in her acclaimed series of thrillers set in feudal Japan; two of them have been named among the Best Mysteries of the Year by
Publishers Weekly
, while a third was declared one of the five best historical mystery novels by
The Wall Street Journal
. She lives in New York City.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE IRIS FAN.
Copyright © 2014 by Laura Joh Rowland. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by Laura Klynstra
Cover photographs: woman © Ricardo Demurez / Trevillion Images; texture: © javarman / Shutterstock.com; flowers © graph / Shutterstock.com
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Rowland, Laura Joh.
The iris fan / Laura Joh Rowland.—First edition.
pages cm (Sano Ichiro novels; 18)
“A novel of feudal Japan.”
ISBN 978-1-250-04706-9 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-4743-9 (e-book)
1. Sano, Ichiro (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Samurai—Fiction. 3. Japan—History—18th century—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3568.O934I75 2014
813'.54—dc23
2014027065
e-ISBN 9781466847439
First Edition: December 2014
