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      The Hell Screen

      by I.J. Parker
      Published
      Sep 2003
      Main Genre
      Historical Mystery Hist. Mystery
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      432
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      Sugawara Akitada Book 2

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      After a posting to the northern provinces, Akitada hurries to the deathbed of his mother in the capital. On the road, he spends the night in a monastery where he sees a painted hell screen.  The realistic depictions of tortured men, women, and children haunt his dreams until he wakes to a scream.  At home, he finds his mother sick and vindictive, and his sisters troubled by personal dilemmas.  He is asked to clear his brother-in-law's name in a theft, and his younger sister's lover of a murder charge.  The scream in monastery turns out to be a clue in the murder case, and the hell screen sends him on an investigation of unspeakable crimes in the city.  The dangers lurking there will strike very close to home. 
       

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      Book 2
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      Suspense

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      Historical Historical Mystery

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      Jul 2008 Penguin ISBN13 9780143035626 ISBN10 0143035622
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      First Edition Sep 2003 Minotaur Books ISBN13 9780312287955 ISBN10 031228795X
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      May 2012 Ingrid J. Parker Inc. ISBN10 B0083D2522
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      Feb 2015 Ingrid J. Parker Inc. ISBN13 9781507049112 ISBN10 1507049110
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      Mar 2015 Ingrid J. Parker Inc ISBN13 2940151312219

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      Oct 2008 Books on Tape ISBN10 B001HTCESO
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      Oct 2008 Books on Tape ISBN13 9781415955437 ISBN10 1415955433
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