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Fever Season

The Benjamin January Mysteries, Book 2

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Fever Season

Written by: Barbara Hambly
Narrated by: Ron Butler
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Benjamin January made his debut in best-selling 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.

©1998 Barbara Hambly (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Crime New Orleans Fiction Emotionally Gripping Murder Suspense

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Thank you, Audible! I probably wouldn't have heard of these books if A Free Man of Color hadn't popped up in the new releases scroll. It sounded good, I picked it up, I liked it a lot, and then I learned it's a SERIES! Like, how? It was such a perfect one-shot. And then so was Fever Season. This was really good. How have I never heard of Barbara Hambly before? (Especially since, when I Googled her, I saw how incredibly prolific a writer she is. Gosh!)
Excellent writing, vivid but not overwritten setting, and an instantly root-for-able protagonist. January is great. All of the characters are carefully written, and I appreciate the research the writer put in.
Also, I do love a story that fictionalizes historical figures, and this dud a dandy job with the horrifically evil Madame Delphine LaLaurie. Oh my gosh. I mean, I'd heard the story (at least an abbreviated version) but wow, reading it like this was absolutely bone-chilling. The scene in the kitchen with the track worn into the floor... oof. Punch in the gut.
But yes, compelling story well told.

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