Good Man Friday (A Benjamin January Mystery)
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1847514707 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Married to science fiction writer George Alec Effinger, she lives in Los Angeles and teaches at a local college. Barbara Hambly holds a degree in medieval history from the University of California and has written novels in many genres, from mysteries to science fiction and fantasy.
"Ben January Goes to Washington" according to suzanne Flandreau. Barbara Hambly is the one author I always purchase in hard cover: I want her to keep writing. I have been enjoying her books since the early 1980s. I am therefore very glad that Severn House has continued the Benjamin January series. I have read most, if not all, of Hambly's many books but the Benjamin January mysteries are my favorite (along with Hambly's Darwath fantasies). Benjamin, a "free man of color" from New Orleans who is a . "As good as ever" according to Dr. Georg N. Herlitz. Yet another strong entry in the series, from probably the best fiction writer working today. If less ambitious than her very best, nonetheless Barbara Hambly never disappoints, no matter how high expectations get with each success: engaging plot, fascinating and well-developed characters, heretofore-unexplored emotional settings, transcendent prose. I was particularly pleased to see Henri Viellard become a real person in this book. A. Divascribe said Michie Janvier goes to Washington. Barbara Hambly takes surgeon, pianist and sometime detective Benjamin January to Washington City in her latest mystery, and the results are interesting and indicative of a good bit of research.In 18Michie Janvier goes to Washington Barbara Hambly takes surgeon, pianist and sometime detective Benjamin January to Washington City in her latest mystery, and the results are interesting and indicative of a good bit of research.In 1838, Benjamin, the free son of a slave woman and her white owner, is living contentedly in New Orleans with his wife Rose and their baby son when Benjamin inadvertently offends a white man and finds himself short of the piano-playing work t. 8, Benjamin, the free son of a slave woman and her white owner, is living contentedly in New Orleans with his wife Rose and their baby son when Benjamin inadvertently offends a white man and finds himself short of the piano-playing work t
Detailed descriptions of Washington City and its inhabitants and the precarious lives of freedmen in the South are woven throughout a complex mystery, vividly immersing the reader in a different time and culture. Singletary, who has disappeared. --Sue OBrien . Their investigation leads them to grave robbers, spies, and men who kidnap freedmen to sell them into slavery. From Booklist To support his family, Benjamin January, musician and trained surgeon, agrees to travel from New Orleans to Washington City with Henri and Chloe Viellard to search for Mr. The three are accompanied by Dominique, who is January’s half-sister and Henri Viellard’s mistress. After a newly freed slave is murdered, and members of their group are kidnapped, they unravel the clues, uncovering an unlikely culprit. In 1838 Washington City, January, a former slave, and the wealthy Viellards, along with Edgar Poe, work to trace the missing man. Well-drawn characters, from January to gove
Plunged into a murky world, it soon becomes clear that while it is very possible the Viellards' friend is dead, his enemies are very much alive - and ready to kill anyone who gets in their way.. When Benjamin January suddenly finds that his services playing piano at extravagant balls held by the city's wealthy are no longer required, he ends up agreeing to accompany sugar planter Henri Viellard and his young wife, Chloë, on a mission to Washington to find a missing friend. New Orleans, 1838