Murder in July by Barbara Hambly

Murder in July

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Barbara Hambly

Severn House Publishers · Ebook · January 1, 2019

Benjamin January investigates the murder of a mysterious Englishman in this absorbing New Orleans-set mystery.

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Who it’s for
A New Orleans murder opens onto an older crime and a vividly historical investigation.
Genres
Historical Mystery, Black Mystery, Black Historical Fiction
Published
Severn House Publishers, January 1, 2019

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Benjamin January investigates the murder of a mysterious Englishman in this absorbing New Orleans-set mystery. When British spymaster Sir John Oldmixton offers Benjamin January a hundred dollars to find the murderer of an Englishman whose body has been found floating in the New Basin Canal, Benjamin turns him down immediately. As a free man of colour in New Orleans in the sweltering July of 1839, he knows this is not something he should get mixed up in.

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But when clues to the dead man’s identity link the death to another murder, in another July in January’s past, he is reluctantly drawn into the investigation. Nine years ago in Paris he failed to catch a killer – with tragic consequences. Now in New Orleans he must unravel the earlier murder, the one that took place during the great revolt against the Bourbon kings, to solve the second killing. At stake is not merely a hundred dollars, but hidden treasure, the fate of an innocent woman – and the lives of January’s wife, son and unborn child.

Two Julys, One Mystery

A New Orleans murder opens onto an older crime and a vividly historical investigation.

Come here for

  • Benjamin January’s uneasy return to an unsolved case
  • A mystery spanning 1839 New Orleans and revolutionary-era Paris

Expect

  • A murder investigation with personal stakes
  • Historical intrigue braided across two timelines

Where it sits

Historical Mystery79%
Black Mystery42%
Black Historical Fiction36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Historical Mystery
  • Black Historical Fiction
  • Black Mystery
Authors
Barbara Hambly
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Published
January 1, 2019
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Historical Mystery