House of the Patriarch

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Hambly , though a native of Southern California, lived in New Orleans for many years while married to the late science fiction writer George Alec Effinger. Hambly holds a degree in medieval history from the University of California and has written novels in numerous genres. Zusammenfassung 1840. When Eve Russell vanishes into thin air, her frantic parents call on free man of color Benjamin January for help. Did the teenager run away - or was she kidnapped? The answer lies in distant New York, a hotbed of new religions, of human circuses . and of dangerous slave traders. If January uncovers the truth, will he ever get home to tell it?

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Hambly, Hambly Barbara
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780727889904
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-8990-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: A Benjamin January Mystery; A Benjamin January historical mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; New York, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical mysteries, c 1800 to c 1900, Historical crime and mysteries, FICTION / African American & Black / Historical, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, FICTION / African American & Black / Mystery & Detective, FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural