The Assassin's Touch: A Thriller - ISBN:0312992092

The Assassin's Touch: A Thriller

Date: 13 April 2011, 09:11

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"The Assassin's Touch" is colorful, action-packed, and fast-paced. Sano and Reiko are appealing protagonists and Rowland populates her mystery with a large and fascinating cast of characters. These include Lord Matsudaira, the shogun's cousin who controls the country while the slow-witted shogun wields power in name only. Hirata, the man who inherited Sano's old position, is in constant agony from an old sword wound that crippled him for life. Yet, when Sano asks his old friend to help him, the loyal retainer fights his excruciating pain and resolves to do his duty. Yuago, whom Reiko is investigating, is an angry and violent woman hiding an explosive secret, and the assassin of the title is an elusive villain who is a practitioner of the mystical martial arts. Sano Ichiro faces a formidable and highly dangerous foe who can kill with a touch.
There are a few weaknesses in "The Assassin's Touch," such as the far-fetched coincidences that cause Reiko's and Sano's cases to unexpectedly merge. In addition, the dialogue is a bit stilted and, at times, too contemporary for the time period. Finally, the somewhat melodramatic ending requires a large suspension of disbelief. Still, Laura Joh Rowland is a gifted storyteller with a talent for writing atmospheric historical fiction. The author's wealth of descriptive detail brings seventeenth century Japan to brilliant life. She shows the brutal and dark side of Edo at that time, with its courtesans, sadists, opportunists, and murderers, but she also features admirable characters who are courageous and unselfish. Although "The Assassin's Touch" is not a perfect mystery, it is a lively, entertaining, and engrossing thriller that will please the many fans of this popular series.

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