| Author: | I. J. Parker | ISBN: | 9781507049112 |
| Publisher: | Ingrid J. Parker Inc. | Publication: | February 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | I. J. Parker |
| ISBN: | 9781507049112 |
| Publisher: | Ingrid J. Parker Inc. |
| Publication: | February 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
After a posting to the northern provinces, Akitada hurries to the deathbed of his mother in the capital. On the road, he spends the night in a monastery where he sees a painted hell screen. The realistic depictions of tortured men, women, and children haunt his dreams until he wakes to a scream. At home, he finds his mother sick and vindictive, and his sisters troubled by personal dilemmas. He is asked to clear his brother-in-law’s name in a theft, and his younger sister’s lover of a murder charge. The scream in monastery turns out to be a clue in the murder case, and the hell screen sends him on an investigation of unspeakable crimes in the city. The dangers lurking there will strike very close to home.
After a posting to the northern provinces, Akitada hurries to the deathbed of his mother in the capital. On the road, he spends the night in a monastery where he sees a painted hell screen. The realistic depictions of tortured men, women, and children haunt his dreams until he wakes to a scream. At home, he finds his mother sick and vindictive, and his sisters troubled by personal dilemmas. He is asked to clear his brother-in-law’s name in a theft, and his younger sister’s lover of a murder charge. The scream in monastery turns out to be a clue in the murder case, and the hell screen sends him on an investigation of unspeakable crimes in the city. The dangers lurking there will strike very close to home.
