Fūtarō Yamada Boeken

The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years. But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death?

A classic Japanese mystery – a pair of sleuths investigate a series of bloody murders in 19th century Tokyo.Japan, 1869. A time of reform and rebellion.Detectives Kazuki and Kawaji are assigned to investigate a series of seemingly impossible murders. Together with the help of a mysterious shrine maiden, can they solve each gruesome death and piece together the dark connection between them?Taking us deep into the heart of 19th century Tokyo, The Meiji Guillotine Murders is a fiendish murder mystery from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers.

In der Edo-Periode wird die Hori-Familie vom Aizu-Klan ausgelöscht, nur sieben Frauen überleben und schwören Rache. Mit Unterstützung des Ninja-Meisters Yagyu Mitsuyoshi erlernen sie die Kampfkunst und starten einen gnadenlosen Rachefeldzug gegen die sieben Speere.