Shogun meets Sherlock Holmes! Over 24 million copies have been sold of this beloved samurai
adventure It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai half a year since
he left his father Kohei - once the most skilled swordsman in the land - to set up his own
blade school by the cool of the river. Ever since amid the swaying bamboo groves he waits
patiently for his first disciple. But his serenity is soon disrupted by the visit of a
mysterious samurai with an unhonourable offer: in exchange for a vast sum of gold he must
attack and injure the daughter of the Shogun's most senior counsellor. Troubled by the proposal
Daijiro alongside his father and Mifuyu a female warrior without match soon set out into the
underworld of Edo-era Japan to uncover the conspiracy before quickly finding themselves
embroiled in a series of increasingly perilous adventures . . . Widely considered to be the
greatest work by Shotaro Ikenami the master of Japanese historical fiction The Samurai
Detectives is a twisting page-turning portrayal of one of the most intriguing evocative
periods in the history of Japan.
