The Nuns of Nara: An Akitada Novel
By: I.J. Parker
4.38
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
The nuns of one of the Nara temples have misplaced an imperial concubine. Concerned about her well-…
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1. Telling Tales (Vera Stanhope, #2)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Man… read more
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2. On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
By: David Weber
3.41
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Honor Harrington in trouble: Having made him look the fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station i… read more
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3. High Force (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #5)
By: L.J. Ross
4.52
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
Detective Chief Inspector Ryan’s worst nightmare has just become a reality. Notorious serial killer… read more
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4. Shinju (Sano Ichiro, #1)
By: Laura Joh Rowland
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju… read more
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5. The Bone Garden (Wesley Peterson, #5)
By: Kate Ellis
2.78
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
An excavation at the lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall is called to a halt when a skeleton is discover… read more
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6. Blade of the Samurai (Shinobi Mystery, #2)
By: Susan Spann
3.99
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
June, 1565: Master ninja Hiro Hattori receives a pre-dawn visit from Kazu, a fellow shinobi working… read more
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7. Bundori (Sano Ichiro, #2)
By: Laura Joh Rowland
4.11
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
"In the sequel to Shinju, Rowland's highly acclaimed first novel, samurai detective Sana Ichiro is … read more
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8. Unhallowed Ground (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #4)
By: Melvin R. Starr
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Another brilliant slice of medieval crime fictionThomas atte Bridge, a man no one likes, is found h… read more
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9. The Way of the Traitor (Sano Ichiro, #3)
By: Laura Joh Rowland
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
A volatile, corrupt city threatened by toreign invasion and ru by an iron-fisted government, Nagasa… read more
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10. The Worst Ship in the Fleet (Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes, #1)
By: Skyler Ramirez
4.08
Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition
A Military Science Fiction Adventure! Brad Mendoza is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyon… read more
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11. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)
By: Anne Hillerman
4.29
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more
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12. Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10)
By: Martin Cruz Smith
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Detective Arkaday Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion… read more
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13. Hell and Back (Walt Longmire, #18)
By: Craig Johnson
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. Picking up where Daughter of… read more
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14. Chasing the Dragon: BY NEW BLOOD DAGGER AND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT SHORTLISTED AUTHOR (Betancourt Mystery Series Book 2)
By: Mark Wightman
4.25
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
The much-awaited follow up to Waking the Tiger, shortlisted for the 2022 Crime Writers’ Association… read more
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15. The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.83
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
The third title in Japan’s most popular murder mystery series — after The Honjin Murders and The In… read more
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"The only person who had not touched the pickles was me! I never did like pickles..."-Seishi Yokomizo, The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
16. The Nuns of Nara: An Akitada Novel
By: I.J. Parker
4.38
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
The nuns of one of the Nara temples have misplaced an imperial concubine. Concerned about her well-… read more
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- historical fiction
17. The Ronin Returns: A Matsuyama Kaze Mystery (Samurai Mysteries)
By: Dale Furutani
4.24
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
The Ronin Returns picks up the epic story of Matsuyama Kaze in 1603 Japan. This extension of Dale F… read more
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18. A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth: Stories
By: Daniel Mason
3.71
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Winter Soldier and The Piano Tuner, a collection … read more
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19. Spring Festival in Akaiwa: An Akitada Novel
By: I. J. Parker
4.30
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
A governor's life is not an easy one. It is spring when everything starts going wrong for Akitada. … read more
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20. Shitamachi Scam
By: Michael Pronko
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
After the suspicious deaths of a seventy-something woman and a student recluse, Detective Hiroshi t… read more
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21. Rocket Repo (Reassembly, #1)
By: C.P. James
4.23
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
Years ago, ace pilot Geddy Starheart inhaled an alien spore named Eli who's been living rent-free i… read more
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22. The Forest of Wool and Steel
By: Natsu Miyashita
3.77
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
What he experienced that day wasn’t life-changing . . . It was life-making. Tomura is startled b… read more
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"The road of head was steep and long, and I had no firm idea as to how to achieve my goals. First came the will to do it, then persistence and effort. And then maybe something else entirely."-Natsu Miyashita, The Forest of Wool and Steel
"When you heard Kazune play, it summoned up visible, tangible scenery. Light shining down among the trees, wet with morning dew. Drops of water sparkling on the tips of leaves, then dripping down. One…"-Natsu Miyashita, The Forest of Wool and Steel
"With both hands, he played an octave. The piano, part of the scenery until now, began to breathe. As each note was struck, the piano raised its heavy body and stretched its folded arms and legs, prep…"-Natsu Miyashita, The Forest of Wool and Steel
23. Mists of Iga (Sons of Yokai #1)
By: Kyle Mortensen
4.30
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
1581, In the midst of Japan’s warring states, a group of four shinobi have just become some of the … read more
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24. de Montfort's Crown (Border Knight Book 14)
By: Griff Hosker
4.51
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
King Henry is not a good king. His son, The Lord Edward, promises strength but the Earl of Leiceste… read more
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25. Pride of the Samurai (The Kusunoki Chronicles Book 1)
By: Kenneth Jorgensen
4.23
Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition
Akashi and Kanto are twin brothers, born to a role as samurai in the proud and ancient Kusunoki fam… read more
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26. Treachery of the Daimyo (The Kusunoki Chronicles Book 2)
By: Kenneth Jorgensen
4.32
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
Kanto and Akashi are twin brothers, born into the proud and ancient samurai family, the Kusunoki. T… read more
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27. Might of the Barbarians (The Kusunoki Chronicles Book 3)
By: Kenneth Jorgensen
4.43
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
The treachery of the daimyo has left Akashi seemingly dead and Kanto in a nearly suicidal quest for… read more
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28. Glory of the Emperor (The Kusunoki Chronicles Book 4)
By: Kenneth Jorgensen
4.48
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
War has come. The Kumashatsu and their allies conquer wherever they fight. The Shogun is dead. The … read more
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29. Return To The Dingle (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 27)
By: Howard of Warwick
4.37
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
Medieval Crime Comedy is now a thing. With multiple No 1 Best Sellers and nearly a quarter of a mi… read more
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30. Fires of Edo (Shinobi Mystery, #8)
By: Susan Spann
4.43
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
Edo, February 1566: when a samurai's corpse is discovered in the ruins of a burned-out bookshop, ma… read more
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31. The Players' Boy (Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery #9)
By: Joyce Lionarons
4.53
Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition
London, 1252: Gavin Rownt finds himself caught in the middle of a rift between two old friends when… read more
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