{"product_id":"the-samurais-octopus-paperback","title":"The Samurai's Octopus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonelle Patrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who loved the intrigue of \u003ci\u003eS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ehogun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eand the women in \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Geisha . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's the year 1784 and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eshogun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e rules with an iron fist . . . except within the walled pleasure quarter of Yoshiwara.\u003c\/b\u003e Inside the Great Gate, samurai law does not apply, and it's women who pull the strings. Magistrates bow to courtesans, prostitutes snub potentates, and those with the most power beg favor from those with the least. There is no greater spectacle in all the land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But beneath the surface runs a deadly current of greed, deception . . . and murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Takahisa Takeda will never forgive the first shogun for rewarding his ancestor's loyalty with more honor than land. He's the head of a venerable samurai family who can barely make ends meet, until the night he witnesses a terrible crime and seizes the opportunity to turn tragedy into gold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Birdie is just a child when she's chosen to serve Yoshiwara's number one courtesan and given a new name at the House of Treasures. Like every girl growing up in the pleasure quarter, she longs to become one of the beauties strutting down the promenade under a crimson parasol, entertaining lords of the land in robes that cost more than a laborer makes in a year. But the higher she climbs, the more she realizes those she trusts with her life might also betray her in a heartbeat, and she'll need all her wit and wiles just to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Caught between two powerful men whose futures both hinge on the night that made Takeda rich, Birdie's only way out is to discover why the victim had to die, and hunt down a witness whose life depends on not being found. Only then can she decide whose crime to punish and whose to keep hidden. If she chooses right, she will win her freedom. If she chooses wrong, she'll be forever trapped by the fate she's trying so desperately to escape.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonelle Patrick is the author of six novels set in Japan, and has been writing about Japanese culture and travel since first moving there in 2003. The Japanese government awarded her a cultural visa for writing about Japan in 2023, and she regularly contributes to the monthly e-magazine \u003ci\u003eJapanagram\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOnly In Japan\u003c\/i\u003e. She's a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Language Institute, and a member of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the Historical Novel Society. She divides her time between Tokyo and San Francisco. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.2 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48366609236217,"sku":"9781645061151","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NEDQ06IsHq9781645061151.webp?v=1778165575","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-samurais-octopus-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}