Parker, I. J.

Black arrow / I.J. Parker. - New York : Penguin, 2006. - xii, 356 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - The Akitada series . - Parker, I. J. (Ingrid J.). Akitada series. .

"A Penguin mystery original"--P. [4] of cover.

As "Black Arrow" opens, Sugawara Akitada assumes his new post as provisional governor of Echigo, a frigid province in the far north notorious for its hostility to outsiders. But the snow that threatens to completely isolate the region is the least of his problemswhich include a local uprising, a series of brutal murders, and a mystery thats as old as the frozen hills and a lot more dangerous.

0143035614 9780143035619

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Nobility--Fiction.
Sugawara Akitada (Fictitious character)


Japan--History--Heian period, 794-1185--Fiction.


Historical fiction.
Mystery fiction.

PS3616.A745 / B57 2006

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