Description July 1698.
Reiko\'s account of her.
The only solid clue is a Chrysanthemum soaked in blood.
When the investigation brings Sano\'s deputy Hirata to Lord Mori\'s estate, he is shocked to find Lord Mori murdered and grotesquely mutilated in his own bed, and Sano\'s pregnant wife, Reiko, lying beside him.
Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to become the shogun\'s second-in-command, is investigating rumors of a plot to overthrow the ruling regime.
Description July 1698