Island of Exiles, I.J. Parker
Island of Exiles, I.J. Parker
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Island of Exiles

Author: I.J. Parker

Narrator: Roy Vongtama

Unabridged: 13 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/02/2008


Synopsis

In I.J. Parker’s newest mystery set in eleventh-century Japan, Akitada disguises himself as a prisoner to solve the, murder of a prince

As her audience grows with each evocative historical thriller featuring Sugawara Akitada, I. J. Parker returns with a gripping tale of political intrigue and cold-blooded murder in ancient Japan. When the exiled Prince Okisada, the most illustrious prisoner of the penal colony on Sado Island, is poisoned, Akitada is called upon by the emperor’s envoys to investigate incognito. Posing as a prisoner, he discovers a deadly conspiracy, only to fall into the hands of brutal guards and disappear. It falls to Tora, Akitada’s devoted assistant, to begin his own dangerous search of the island for his lost friend and the truth.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brenda on March 23, 2013

Usually I enjoy the Sugawara Akitada mysteries by I.J. Parker very much, but not this one. The story dragged and was burdened by far too much description. Akitada is undercover on a Japanese island where major criminals and political dissidents are exiled. A crown prince, who was taken out of the su......more

Goodreads review by Ted on August 26, 2011

The thing about Akitada is he stays with you. Ancient Japan is such a unique setting that even the fifth or sixth very similar story tends to stay with you. In this one, we have another Shakespearean case of mistake/hidden identity. Sugawara, just starting out his career, is sent to Sadoshima island......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on April 22, 2019

I'm a great fan of the Akitada series. The books are well researched and paint a vivid picture of 11th century Japan. All books centre around a murder mystery or two, but if you are anything like me, then it is the character development over the series of books that will keep you looking out for the......more