The owner of the shop, Ishii, and his 10-year-old apprentice, Kintaro, become suspects in the fire and death and face swift execution. The third fire, subject of this book, seems very suspicious as the body of a samurai has been found in the ashes. T wo book shop fires have resulted in the deaths of the book seller owners, deemed accidents. In Fires of Edo, Hiro and Mateo solve a crime in the town of Edo. The main character, Hiro Hattori, is a ronin, or rogue samurai without a master, who serves the priest Father Mateo while the priest is living in Japan, but Hiro is secretly a samurai of the Iga ryu ninja clan who has been charged with protecting Father Mateo and looking for dangerous spies from an enemy clan. This is the eighth in the Shinobi Mystery Series by the author, who has set her books in Japan in the 16th Century, when the shogun ruler allowed and even welcomed Christian priests into the country.
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