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Susan Spann
Full Series List in Order
A Shinobi Mystery / A Hiro Hattori Novel
1 - Claws of the Cat (Jul-2013)2 - Blade of the Samurai (Jul-2014)
3 - Flask of the Drunken Master (Jul-2015)
4 - Mask of the Fallen (Aug-2016)
5 - Betrayal at Iga (Jul-2017)
6 - Trial on Mount Koya (Jul-2018)
Book List in Order: 8 titles
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Claws of the Cat
- Jul-2013
- / Historical Mystery
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May 1564: When a samurai is brutally murdered in a Kyoto teahouse, master ninja Hiro has no desire to get involved. But the beautiful entertainer accused of the crime enlists the help of Father Mateo, the Portuguese Jesuit Hiro is sworn to protect, l...
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Blade of the Samurai
- Jul-2014
- / Historical Mystery
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June, 1565: Master ninja Hiro Hattori receives a pre-dawn visit from Kazu, a fellow shinobi working undercover at the shogunate. Hours before, the shogun’'s cousin, Saburo, was stabbed to death in the shogun’s palace. The murder weapon: Kazu’s ...
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Flask of the Drunken Master
- Jul-2015
- / Historical Mystery
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August 1565: When a rival artisan turns up dead outside Ginjiro's brewery, and all the evidence implicates the brewer, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo must find the killer before the magistrate executes Ginjiro and seizes...
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Mask of the Fallen
- Aug-2016
- / Police Procedural
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Autumn, 1565: When an actor's daughter is murdered on the banks of Kyoto's Kamo River, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo are the victim's only hope for justice. As political tensions rise in the wake of the shogun's recent ...
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Betrayal at Iga
- Jul-2017
- / Historical Mystery
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Autumn, 1565: After fleeing Kyoto, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo take refuge with Hiro’s ninja clan in the mountains of Iga province. But when an ambassador from the rival Koga clan is murdered during peace negotiatio...
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Trial on Mount Koya
- Jul-2018
- / Police Procedural
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Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father Mateo head up to Mount Koya, only to find themselves embroiled in yet another mystery, this time in a Shingon Buddhist temple atop one of Japan's most sacred peaks. November, 1565: Master ninja Hiro Hattori...
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Ghost of the Bamboo Road
- Nov-2019
- / Historical Mystery
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When a vengeful spirit terrorizes a mountain village, a ninja and a Jesuit must save the villagers from the phantom’s wrath. January 1566: En route to Edo, Master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo spend the night in a rural moun...
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Fires of Edo
- Feb-2022
- / Historical Mystery
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Edo, February 1566: when a samurai’s corpse is discovered in the ruins of a burned-out bookshop, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father Mateo must determine whether the shopkeeper and his young apprentice are innocent victims or assassins in d...