Name: Trial on Mount Koya
ISBN: 9781633884151

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Why This Clicks

Mountain Mystery

A snowbound temple mystery pairs a ninja with a Jesuit priest in 1565 Japan.

Come here for

A sacred Mount Koya setting and an enclosed murder mystery

Expect

A killer’s grim staging among temple priests
A ninja and Jesuit priest investigating together

Book Details

Authors: Susan Spann
Publisher: Seventh Street Books
Published: July 3, 2018
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Historical Mystery · International Crime Fiction
Reading lane: Historical Mystery

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Publisher Categories

Historical Fiction
Historical Mystery
Crime Fiction

About This Book

Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father Mateo head up to Mount Koya, only to find themselves embroiled in yet another mystery, this time in a Shingon Buddhist temple atop one of Japan's most sacred peaks. November, 1565: Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo travel to a Buddhist temple at the summit of Mount Koya, carrying a secret message for an Iga spy posing as a priest on the sacred mountain. When a snowstorm strikes the peak, a killer begins m...

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Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father Mateo head up to Mount Koya, only to find themselves embroiled in yet another mystery, this time in a Shingon Buddhist temple atop one of Japan's most sacred peaks. November, 1565: Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo travel to a Buddhist temple at the summit of Mount Koya, carrying a secret message for an Iga spy posing as a priest on the sacred mountain. When a snowstorm strikes the peak, a killer begins murdering the temple's priests and posing them as Buddhist judges of the afterlife--the Kings of Hell. Hiro and Father Mateo must unravel the mystery before the remaining priests--including Father Mateo--become unwilling members of the killer's grisly council of the dead.