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Good Man Friday (A Benjamin January Mystery)
Good Man Friday - A Benjamin January Mystery
Author: Barbara Hambly
New Orleans, 1838. 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. Plunged into a murky world, it soon becomes ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781847514707
ISBN-10: 1847514707
Publication Date: 10/1/2014
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Severn House Trade Paperback
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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Mr. January goes to Washington, which is even more dangerous than New Orleans. Hambly as always brings the time period to life and since this is Washington, throws in a number of famous personages. Also we get to see the beginnings of baseball! The relationship between Henri, Chloe, and Dominque is quite interesting. After 12 of these I had a pretty good idea where the plot was going and who would turn out to be the villain. And to be fair, the plot follows familiar patterns...Ben is broke and someone offers him payment if he'll take on a dangerous task, he has to travel, he's always at risk of being kidnapped and sold, he finds sympathetic white men to help him out in places he can't go. But you can't beat the atmosphere Hambly creates and of course the circumstances of life as a black person back then were unequivocally horrific - it's a valuable theme. Looking for the next one.

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