An old writing adage says, “Write what you know.” I live (and write) by a personal corollary: “Write where you’ve been.” I can’t actually visit 16th-century Japan (and given the lack of indoor plumbing, I’m not entirely sure I’d want to), but fortunately, I have been able to visit a number of historical sites and…
In addition to authoring 20 Meg Lanslow mysteries, Donna Andrews is also a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Private Investigators and Security Association. Somehow, she was able to take time out of her incredibly busy schedule to answer CrimeHQ's questions about Die Like an Eagle, her best bird…
The Ninja's Daughter by Susan Spann is the 4th installment of the Shinobi Mystery series (Available August 2, 2016). Autumn, 1565: When an actor's daughter is murdered on the banks of Kyoto's Kamo River, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo are the victim's only hope for justice. As political tensions rise in…
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Flask of the Drunken Master by Susan Spann is the 3rd historical detective mystery in the Shinobi Mystery Series, featuring a master ninja and a female samurai in feudal 16th Century Japan (available July 14, 2015). August 1565: When a rival artisan turns up dead outside Ginjiro's brewery, and all the evidence implicates the brewer,…
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Blade of the Samurai, by Susan Spann, is the second historical detective mystery in the Shinobi mystery series, featuring a master ninja and a female samurai in feudal 16th Century Japan (available July 16, 2013). June, 1565: Master ninja Hiro Hattori receives a pre-dawn visit from Kazu, a fellow shinobi working undercover at the shogunate.…
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An excerpt of Claws of the Cat, a debut historical detective mystery in the Shinobi mystery series by Susan Spann features a master ninja and a female samurai in feudal Japan (available July 16, 2013). May 1564: When a samurai is brutally murdered in a Kyoto teahouse, master ninja Hiro has no desire to get…
