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Detective and mystery stories Free African Americans Free African Americans Fiction January, Benjamin (Fictitious character) Fiction Murder Investigation Texas Fiction New Orleans (La.) Social conditions 19th century Fiction Private investigators Private investigators Louisiana New Orleans Fiction Texas Race relations History 19th century Fiction Texas Social life and customs 19th century FictionHambly, Barbara.
Summary: 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. Set in New Orleans in 1836.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2010
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Summary: "April, 1840. Benjamin January knows no black person in their right mind would willingly go to the Republic of Texas but when his former pupil Selina Bellinger is kidnapped and enslaved, he has no choice. Once there he is saved from being hanged by Valentina Taggart, wife of the wealthy landowner of Rancho Perdition. After Valentina is accused of the murder of her husband, she in turn calls on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2019