Review: Fires of Edo

Fires of Edo by Susan Spann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Does not disappoint--Hiro and Father Mateo have arrived in Edo to warn their fellow spies to return to Kyoto since their lives are in danger. Upon arrival they discover there is a fire raging and the fire brigade moving full speed to the scene. Sending Ana and Gato on ahead to their Inn, the two men join the brigade in an effort to help prevent the spread of flames to the surrounding wooden shops and homes. The head of the brigade is none other that Daisuke, a childhood foe and bully whom Hiro distrusts and dislikes despite his being a member of Iga ryu as is Hiro. It would seem this fire is the third in recent time to bedevil the shops of booksellers, calligraphers and bookbinders of Edo. While seemingly all the result of accidental events, this particular burned out shop turns up the body of another samuri and thus Hiro and Father Mateo, at the behest of the local magistrate, find themselves once more delayed on their journey home.


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