Dead and Buried
The new 'Benjamin January' novel from the best-selling author - New Orleans, 1836. 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. Just one person recognises the...
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The new 'Benjamin January' novel from the best-selling author - New Orleans, 1836. 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. Just one person recognises the corpse of the white man: Hannibal Sefton, fiddle-player and one of January’s closest friends. But he seems unwilling to talk about his connection to the dead man . . .
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780727868671 (0727868675)
Publish date: May 1st 2010
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: Benjamin January (#9)
A terrific entry in the series, with a body switched in a coffin, family secrets, Hannibal Sefton's past, passing for white in the pre-Civil War south, and lots of little details that brings New Orleans to life. While it is not necessary to have read the previous novels to enjoy this one, it does he...