The Fires of the Gods Akitada Mysteries Book 8 edition by IJ Parker Literature Fiction eBooks
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THE FIRES OF THE GODS
The capital is plagued by unexplained fires, and panic threatens to break out, but Akitada has his own problems to worry about. His ailing wife expects a child and he loses his job to a political appointee. When he tries to confront the nobleman who is responsible for his dismissal, he ends up suspected of his murder. With no income and a growing family to support, Akitada desperately plunges into the investigation of this crime and a search for a missing youth, while Tora tracks a gang of young arsonists. These seemingly unrelated cases converge, and before Akitada can uncover the sinister plot behind the fires, he almost loses his own life and those of his wife and newborn child.
The Fires of the Gods Akitada Mysteries Book 8 edition by IJ Parker Literature Fiction eBooks
After a lackluster "Convict's Sword" and the somber "Matsuda Affair," I.J. Parker's eighth Sugawara Akitada mystery "The Fires of the Gods" marks a return to the form that made her "Rashomon Gate," "Black Arrow," "Island of Exiles" and "Hell Screen" such stunning reads. Once again I plunged into an immersive world of cinematic detail - an adventure as palpable as if I were standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the principle characters, smelling the smoke, feeling the muggy summer heat, and hearing the spatter of cloudbursts in dusty, sinister alleyways.Parker weaves an excellent plot out of discrete, seemingly disconnected events - each an irresistible story in itself fraught with palpable danger, political machinations, shadowy intrigue, and decided on issues of honor, integrity and logic rather than arbitrary chance - then draws those events together in a heady, climactic whole. Her thematic commentary on the evils of the Heian-era's feudal caste system is subtle, but all the more powerful for that subtlety.
Just an excellent read that's got me looking forward to number nine (she's just published the thirteenth, I'm seriously behind in my reading thanks to a busy schedule, but Parker's work is helping to make my backlog a situation to be seriously enthusiastic about.) If you love historical fiction and have only now discovered Parker's world, you've just hit the jackpot.
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The Fires of the Gods Akitada Mysteries Book 8 edition by IJ Parker Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
These are always fun little mysteries with great characters and some interesting historical information about ancient Japan at the end.
I've read several in the series starting from beginning. This one takes a solid leap forward in style and story. Noticed she changed editors--may have helped make the difference. Will hope Volume 9 continues the development. Felt the first few were just ok but I love reading Japanese period mysteries. (Actually most things Japanese.) Finished the Laura Joh Rowland series and needed something new. Found these through the reviews by others who also liked Rowland. I think the Rowland series is far superior in all aspects.
Book 8, in the Sugawara Akitada series
This 8th installment continues Akitada saga finding our honorable sleuth once more in trouble.
My views
I have been following Ms. Parker for years and especially fond of the Akitada series. His sagas have remained fresh throughout the years and always had a wonderful and strong theme. This time the mystery looks into the abuse of power and the incompetence of people at the top, the dark side of the underclass and the characters that enrich themselves on others misfortunes. The author is a master in blending action into a lush tapestry of ancient Japanese society and elegantly writes without mixing any melodrama into her drama. Akitada is a colorful protagonist and is joined by a large cast of intriguing characters that are as deeply bound to tradition as he is. Her style is very sophisticated and ideas so prolific it seems to never run out of steam. I still have to catch up on this series and looking forward in doing so.
As the eighth volume in the series featuring Heinan period civil servant and amateur sleuth Sugawara Akitada, The Fires of the Gods continues what we Sugawara fans have grown to love about this series; the continued maturation of the main character. Sugawara Akitada is by now in his mid 30's and has experienced love, loss, exile all the while growing as a man. What is so engaging about his character is that he is truly a product of his time in history with it's very hierarchal, ritual bound society; yet he perceives a more real way of relating to those in his world beyond the bounds of the highly codified relationships of the time. Before it's too late to save the relationships that are important to Sugawara learns the value of listening; to his wife and to his retainers. His strength is in not having all the answers but in relying on the strengths of those who would be considered his inferiors at that time. Of course there is a great mystery to be solved which puts the continuation of his house and the survival of his family at great risk. But fans of this excellent cast of characters can rest assured that Sugawara Akitada and those who share his concerns will bring peace to Kyoto once again.
I love the exotic setting of this series. It's a little like being plunged into a scene in Heian Japan from an ancient scroll illustrating the Tale of Genji, only our hero is not a nobleman but a hardworking civil servant in the Department of Justice.
In this book, however, Sugawara Akitada does have to deal with the haughty aristocracy, the people "above the clouds." Rich and powerful Lord Kiyowara has been murdered in his sumptuous villa. The tight security of the compound suggests that some insider killed Kiyowara.
Akitada feels compelled to investigate because he himself was waiting to see Kiyowara the day he was murdered - and is a suspect. What was he doing there? Read the book and see!
Akitada has enemies, thanks to a quick temper, too much integrity, and his all too effective investigative skills. His career is in grave danger in this book, not for the first time. So it's rather urgent that he solves this murder. To add to the tension, Akitada's wife is about to have a baby.
Public spirited as he is, Akitada also wishes to investigate the fires that have been flaring up in the capital with suspicious frequency. Are the gods angry, as the common people say? Akitada prefers to look for human perpetrators.
So there are quite a few threads in the plot. And there are some very fun characters, especially among the lower orders, like the Rat, a Robin Hood style master thief, and a small gang of terrifying deaf mutes.
Fires of the Gods is cleverly plotted, and the tying up of loose ends is especially satisfying.
After a lackluster "Convict's Sword" and the somber "Matsuda Affair," I.J. Parker's eighth Sugawara Akitada mystery "The Fires of the Gods" marks a return to the form that made her "Rashomon Gate," "Black Arrow," "Island of Exiles" and "Hell Screen" such stunning reads. Once again I plunged into an immersive world of cinematic detail - an adventure as palpable as if I were standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the principle characters, smelling the smoke, feeling the muggy summer heat, and hearing the spatter of cloudbursts in dusty, sinister alleyways.
Parker weaves an excellent plot out of discrete, seemingly disconnected events - each an irresistible story in itself fraught with palpable danger, political machinations, shadowy intrigue, and decided on issues of honor, integrity and logic rather than arbitrary chance - then draws those events together in a heady, climactic whole. Her thematic commentary on the evils of the Heian-era's feudal caste system is subtle, but all the more powerful for that subtlety.
Just an excellent read that's got me looking forward to number nine (she's just published the thirteenth, I'm seriously behind in my reading thanks to a busy schedule, but Parker's work is helping to make my backlog a situation to be seriously enthusiastic about.) If you love historical fiction and have only now discovered Parker's world, you've just hit the jackpot.
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