Hambly has a unique talent of being able to transport the reader to the time and place of her choosing. Well written plot, believable characters and a story that flows well.
Interesting, good research. January leaves New Orleans and goes to Mexico to clear his friend Hannibal from a murder charge.
Mexico City in 1835 is a lawless place, teeming with bandits & beggars. Here Benjamin January and his new bride pray they'll find Hannibal Sefton alive-and not already at the end of a hangman's rope. But when t hey arrive at Hacienda Mictlan they encounter a murky tangle of family relations, a local police force hostle to free people of color and more than one suspect. As Mexico's holy Days of the Dead approach, time is running out. For a killer is ready to strike and plans to add them to the already swelling ranks of the deceased....
