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The Flower Path

By Josh Reynolds
The Flower Path by Josh Reynolds digital book - Fable

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Extraordinary detective Daidoji Shin returns, in a wonderful locked-room murder mystery like no other, in this lively novel from the epic fantasy world of Legend of the Five Rings
 

Opening night at the Foxfire Theater is set to be a huge success for Daidoji Shin, amateur detective turned theater impresario. The City of the Rich Frog's leading lights are all there, but even as the performance begins, the Three Flower Troupe's new lead actress is found dead backstage – and everyone in the venue is a potential suspect. Shin has only till the curtain falls to find the killer. But the clock is ticking and Shin can only hold the great and the good hostage so long. As the night wears on, the chance of the murderer escaping justice grows ever more likely.

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“I’ve read the other Daidoji Shin novels and really enjoyed them. This one was fun and interesting and I really enjoy Shin and his long suffering bodyguard. I can’t wait to start the next one. I log reading good tie in novels for games that I enjoy.”
“Daidoji Shin is many things. Envoy of the Crane Clan. A fan-wielding courtier. And now, owner of his own theatre. But when a kabuki production turns deadly, with the theatre’s celebrated new star Etsuko dying onstage — quite literally — on opening night, Shin puts on his other hat: that of amateur sleuth. Unfortunately, thanks to her constant fights with fellow actors and a trail of broken hearts winding through some of Rokugan’s most powerful families, there aren’t many people who don’t have both the means and motive to murder Etsuko. But the show must go on, and no one is leaving until Shin has cracked the case. The Flower Path marks the third outing of Daidoji Shin, and part of the Legend of the Five Rings expanded universe, but you don’t need any familiarity with either to jump aboard. Imagine feudal Japan through the lens of P.G. Wodehouse and you’ll have a fairly accurate picture of Shin’s world. Packed with social stealth, scheming lords, and battles of wits with a hero who’s not nearly as unarmed as he first seems, it’s a strangely delightful murder mystery. (Scored A in Sci-Fi Magazine Summer 2022 issue)”

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