御宿かわせみ

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by 平岩弓枝

volume 1 of 御宿かわせみ

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Volume 1 Description: The first in a new edition of a long-running and popular series of books that celebrates the Edo period. A small inn "Kawasemi" is located in Okawabata. The young proprietress, Rui, is the daughter of a police constable. People passing through the city come to stay at the inn, seeking a moment of peace and quiet. Sometimes, they have troublesome matters in their hearts that they cannot reveal to the public. ...... Rui and her boyfriend, Togo Kanbayashi, work together to fin...

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July 12, 2023

This is historical fiction, a book of short stories all featuring the same characters. The fact that there are 34 books in the series tells you what to expect: a cast of regular characters, the event/mystery of the week, maybe a little development of character relationships between the regulars if you’re lucky. It’s set in and around the Edo inn named in the title, so the mystery in each story is mostly triggered by “some new guest shows up at the inn”. These stories had a mix of some of the usu

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