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Title: Wet Grave by Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0-553-58159-7 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best Benjamin January yet...
Comment: I have been reading this series faithfully. I believe this one, so full of all the regular characters (save one), once more saturated in the New Orleans culture of the early nineteenth century, is the finest effort Ms. Hambly has come up with. I too enjoyed that Lt. Shaw, in all his crude glory, was featured, with a hint that there's more to this man (a tragic love affair?). Like Anne Perry, Barbara Hambly writes about another era with such skill that one can almost believe that he or she is there--smell the fetid swamps, feel the moist heat... The excitement of the final scenes kept me riveted. I wanted to make this book "last," but I could not! I look forward avidly for the next installment.
Rating: 4
Summary: more Shaw please!
Comment: For those who are not familiar with the series, it is set in New Orleans in the 1830s and the mysteries revolve around a free man of color (the title of the first in the series), Benjamin January. Ben is a surgeon and a musician and makes his living in New Orleans as a piano teacher and player.
In this story, a woman (former placee) is murdered and the local police don't have time to investigate as a plantation owner has been killed. Angered by the lack of justice, Ben decides to investigate on his own.
The story is excellent. I just would like to see more of my favorite characters, Shaw, Hannibal and Olympe. I wasn't a big fan of Rose (Ben's girlfriend) but she seemed to get a little better in this episode. Also the addition of Henri's wife Chloe seems like it will be a good one.
What I particularly liked was that I didn't have to understand French or be familiar with opera or be a history buff to get it! I also didn't did to create a character reference to keep everyone straight.
On the downside, the descriptions of New Orleans and the narrative is just not as well done as in the first novel in this series.
But I love the series and can't wait for the next one.
I recommend!
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best historical mystery novelists around.
Comment: This entry in the Benjamein January series is another winner. It does start out a little slow, but Barbara needs time to set the scene for her books. She immerses her readers so completely in her era and genre, that it's sometimes hard to surface to the modern world once beginning her books. Even though the book starts a bit slow, it builds to explosive force about half-way through and doesn't let up right until the end. Ms. Hambly's writing is absolutely dazzling, and Benjamin and his Rose are so real, that it's hard to believe that it's only fiction. The book takes place in the summer of 1835 and the main part of the action is set in some of the islands located around New Orleans. In it Ben and Rose are trying to stop a slave revolt. As they both know, everyone loses if slaves revolt. In the book we see gun runners, pirates, a hurricane and some old diseases that no longer are such a threat to humanity. This is a magically rich and poignant tale, and one of the strongest entries in this already strong series. Each book seems better than the one preceeding.
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Title: Die upon a Kiss by Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0553581651 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Days of the Dead (Benjamin January (Paperback)) by BARBARA HAMBLY ISBN: 0553581627 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sold Down the River (Benjamin January (Paperback)) by Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0553575295 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 29 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Graveyard Dust (Benjamin January (Paperback)) by Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0553575287 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Fever Season (Benjamin January (Paperback)) by BARBARA HAMBLY ISBN: 0553575279 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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