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Dead and Buried by Barbara Hambly

Dead and Buried

Barbara Hambly, Ron Butler, Blackstone Publishing

Severn House Publishers · Print & ebook · May 1, 2010

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Who it’s for
A 1836 New Orleans mystery brings a musician-surgeon and uneasy friendship into focus.
Genres
Historical Mystery, Black Mystery, Black Historical Fiction
Published
Severn House Publishers, May 1, 2010

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About this book

The new 'Benjamin January' novel from the best-selling author New Orleans, 1836. When free black musician and surgeon Benjamin January attends the funeral of a friend, an accident tips the dead man out of his coffin - only to reveal an unexpected inhabitant. Just one person recognises the corpse of the white man: Hannibal Sefton, fiddle-player and one of January's closest friends. But he seems unwilling to talk about his connection to the dead man . .

History with a Mystery

A 1836 New Orleans mystery brings a musician-surgeon and uneasy friendship into focus.

Come here for

  • Historical mystery shaped by Black life in antebellum New Orleans
  • A death mystery with an intimate circle of connections

Expect

  • A funeral mystery and a startling discovery
  • Friendship, music, and a silence that asks to be read

Where it sits

Historical Mystery72%
Black Mystery58%
Black Historical Fiction57%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Mystery
  • Black Historical Fiction
  • Black Mystery
Authors
Barbara Hambly, Ron Butler, Blackstone Publishing
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Published
May 1, 2010
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Mystery