Bestselling author Barbara Hamblyâs A Free Man of Color and Fever Season established Benjamin January as one of mysteryâs most exciting heroes. Now he returns in a powerful new novel, a sensual mosaic of old New Orleans, where cultures clash and murder can hover around every darkened corner.
It is St. Johnâs Eve in the summer of 1834 when Benjamin JanuaryâCreole physician and music teacherâis shattered by the news that his sister has been arrested for murder. The Guards have only a shadow of a case against her. But Olympeâmystical and rebelliousâis a woman of color, whose chance for justice is slim.
As Benjamin probes the allegation, he is targeted by a new threat: graveyard dust sprinkled at his door, whispering of a voodoo death curse. Now, to save Olympeâs lifeâand his ownâBenjamin knows he must glean information wherever he can find it. For in the heavy darkness of New Orleans, the truth is what you make it, and justice can disappear with the nightâs warm breeze as easy as graveyard dust.
Graveyard Dust (The Benjamin January Mysteries) - Barbara Hambly
Bestselling author Barbara Hamblyâs A Free Man of Color and Fever Season established Benjamin January as one of mysteryâs most exciting heroes. Now he returns in a powerful new novel, a sensual mosaic of old New Orleans, where cultures clash and murder can hover around every darkened corner.
It is St. Johnâs Eve in the summer of 1834 when Benjamin JanuaryâCreole physician and music teacherâis shattered by the news that his sister has been arrested for murder. The Guards have only a shadow of a case against her. But Olympeâmystical and rebelliousâis a woman of color, whose chance for justice is slim.
As Benjamin probes the allegation, he is targeted by a new threat: graveyard dust sprinkled at his door, whispering of a voodoo death curse. Now, to save Olympeâs lifeâand his ownâBenjamin knows he must glean information wherever he can find it. For in the heavy darkness of New Orleans, the truth is what you make it, and justice can disappear with the nightâs warm breeze as easy as graveyard dust.