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Benjamin January made his debut in bestselling author Barbara Hambly's A Free Man of Color , a haunting mélange of history and mystery. Now he returns in another novel of greed, madness, and murder amid the dark shadows and dazzling society of old New Orleans, named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times . The summer of 1833 has been one of brazen heat and brutal pestilence, as the city is stalked by Bronze John—the popular name for the deadly yellow fever epidemic that tests the healing skills of doctor and voodoo alike. Even as Benjamin January tends the dying at Charity Hospital during the steaming nights, he continues his work as a music teacher during the day. When he is asked to pass a message from a runaway slave to the servant of one of his students, January finds himself swept into a tempest of lies, greed, and murder that rivals the storms battering New Orleans. And to find the truth he must risk his freedom...and his very life. From the Paperback edition. Amazon.com Review In New Orleans in 1833, appearance is everything for people of color. "His own coat and waistcoat ... were one badge of his freedom," Barbara Hambly writes about Ben January, a surgeon and

Who reads Fever Season (A Benjamin January Mystery Book 2)?

Author

Hambly, Barbara

Publisher

Bantam Books

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780553575279

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, True Crime, Literary Fiction