blade of the samuriSecond in the Shinobi Mystery Series, by Susan Spann.  I met Susan at RMFW’s Colorado Gold conference a few years ago before she was published.  We were “neighbors” in the hotel and she was speaking at a session about copyright law.  When I saw her first book in print, I snapped it up right away and read it on vacation last year.  This year, I got a signed copy of her newest release.  I’m only a couple of chapters in, but she’s set up a good conflict and I love the setting as always.