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Dead Water (Benjamin January, Bk 8)
Dead Water - Benjamin January, Bk 8
Author: Barbara Hambly
Nineteenth-century New Orleans is a blazing hotbed of scorching politics and personal vendettas. And it's into this fire that Benjamin January falls when he is hired to follow Oliver Weems, a bank official who has absconded with $100,000 in gold and securities. But it's more than just a job for January. T...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553581560
ISBN-10: 0553581562
Publication Date: 4/26/2005
Pages: 416
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 22 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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quixota avatar reviewed Dead Water (Benjamin January, Bk 8) on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is one of a series that is heavy on the atmosphere of old New Orleans prior to the
Civil War, especially the world of free persons of color. A Free Man of Color is the title of the first book in the series. The characters, complex, fascinating, and very real, are constantly constrained by the laws under which they live as second-class citizens, ever in peril of being forced back into slavery. While the plot is engrossing, more fascinating is the glimpse afforded into a world that officially, at least, no longer exists. Although the later books can become somewhat repetitive in that regard, I highly recommend this series.
ASJ avatar reviewed Dead Water (Benjamin January, Bk 8) on + 341 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent historical mystery set in 1830's New Orleans and Mississippi River. Descriptions of characters and locations are very good. You can smell the smells of new Orleans and the Mississippi. Characters are very complex and mystery is good. Wonderful series.
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