Publishers Weekly calls Laura Joh Rowland\'s The Cloud Pavilion "One of the best mysteries of the year.
But just as Yanagisawa\'s true motives begin to emerge, Sano\'s estranged uncle comes to him for he.
Meanwhile, at Edo Castle, samurai detective turned chamberlain, Sano Ichiro, is suspicious of his old rival, Yanagisawa, who has been oddly cooperative since returning from exile.
A terrified woman is brutally attacked amid a swirling storm of clouds.
Japan, 1701.
Publishers Weekly calls Laura Joh Rowland\'s The Cloud Pavilion "One of the best mysteries of the year