Summary
In sixteenth-century Japan, master ninja Hiro and the Jesuit priest he is sworn to protect race against time to prevent a wrongful execution by solving the murder of a samurai whose death is linked to numerous possible suspects. Full description
Series: Shinobi mysteries
Claws of the cat: a Shinobi mystery (Volume 1.)
Blade of the Samurai: a Shinobi mystery (Volume 2.)
Flask of the drunken master: a Shinobi mystery (Volume 3.)
The ninja's daughter: a Shinobi mystery (Volume 4.)
Betrayal at Iga: a Hiro Hattori novel (Volume 5.)
Trial on Mount Koya: a Hiro Hattori novel (Volume 6.)
Ghost of the bamboo road: a Hiro Hattori novel (Volume 7.)
Fires of Edo (Volume 8.)