Good Man Friday, Barbara Hambly
Good Man Friday, Barbara Hambly
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Good Man Friday

Author: Barbara Hambly

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Unabridged: 9 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2013

Synopsis

New Orleans, 1838. When Benjamin January suddenly finds that his services playing piano at extravagant balls held by the city's wealthy are no longer required, he ends up agreeing to accompany sugar planter Henri Viellard and his young wife, Chloe, on a mission to Washington to find a missing friend. Plunged into a murky world, it soon becomes clear that while it is very possible the Viellards' friend is dead, his enemies are very much alive - and ready to kill anyone who gets in their way.

About Barbara Hambly

Barbara Hambly is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, as well as historical novels set in the nineteenth century. After receiving a master's degree in medieval history, she published The Time of the Dark, the first novel in the Darwath saga, in 1982, establishing herself as an author of serious speculative fiction. Since then she has created several series, including the Windrose Chronicles, Sun-Cross, and Sun Wolf and Starhawk, in addition to writing for the Star Wars and Star Trek universes.

Besides fantasy, Hambly has won acclaim for the James Asher vampire series, which won the Locus Award for best horror novel in 1989, and the Benjamin January mystery series, featuring a brilliant African-American surgeon in antebellum New Orleans. She lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon on May 15, 2017

There are a good many reasons why I loved this entry in the Benjamin January series. You're about to find out about some of them. Benjamin is asked to come along with Henri and Chloe Viellard on a trip to Washington, DC ... because Henri wants to bring his mistress, Dominique -- a free woman of colo......more

Goodreads review by Beverly on June 15, 2013

My thoughts: • What I enjoyed most about this book and kept me interested was the description of what life was like for an enslaved and freed black person in 1836 Washington D.C. and pervasive slave trading and slave stealing occurred that the white residents did not even wince or seem to be bothered......more

Goodreads review by Jacqie on July 16, 2013

For some reason, I just couldn't get into this one. I got lost in the names, places, and couldn't seem to focus on the mystery. The characters didn't draw me in as they usually do. Maybe it's just not the right book at the right time for me, since I usually do love this author. I should try again lat......more

Goodreads review by Cindy B. on December 03, 2023

Pre-Revolutionary War plot with Edgar Allen Poe as a main character (before his horror thrillers and rabies bite). Slavery (well described and can be disturbing). Some Profanity. Narrator did accents well and clearly - her usual performance. A fictional mystery that is well researched; info on slaver......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on September 05, 2013

Washington DC circa 1838. I always eagerly anticipate the next Benjamin January novel. He is absolutely one of my favourite historical sleuths and Ms. Hambly does such a wonderful job with her period and setting in these books. In this book Ben January goes to Washington DC with a well-to-do New Orl......more

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