04059cam a2200865 4500 526343544 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307785275 0307785270 B004HFRJBW Amazon db1cd998-cf19-47c1-82b5-e90a16ddeaa2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 74118 74118 74118 514461 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hambly, Barbara. A Free Man of Color [Libby]. Random House Publishing Group, 2011. crime fiction. Historical. crime thriller. Mystery and Suspense. African Americans. America. 1830s. crime. 19th Century. Thrillers. suspense. Historical Fiction. mystery. murder . mystery thriller. crime novel. Slavery. race. Thriller. New Orleans. mystery fiction. African American. mystery and thrillers. dark. Urban. Music. amateur detective. mardi gras. Louisiana. historical mystery. thriller books. crime books. mystery books. benjamin january. mystery suspense. mystery thrillers. suspense books. mystery suspense thriller. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1931kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>A lush and haunting novel of a city steeped in decadent pleasures . . . and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal.</b><br /> <br /> It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evenings festivities are interrupted—by murder.<br /> <br /> Ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, has been strangled to death. With the authorities reluctant to become involved, Ben begins his own inquiry, which will take him through the seamy haunts of riverboatmen and into the huts of voodoo-worshipping slaves.<br /> <br /> But soon the eyes of suspicion turn toward Ben—for, black as the slave who fathered him, this free man of color is still the perfect scapegoat. . . .<br /> <br /> <b>Praise for <i>A Free Man of Color<br /> <br /></i></b>“A smashing debut. Rich and exciting with both substance and spice... Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/DB1/CD9/98/FreeManofColorBenjaminJanuarySeriesBo9780307785275.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DB1CD998-CF19-47C1-82B5-E90A16DDEAA2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/DB1/CD9/98/FreeManofColorBenjaminJanuarySeriesBo9780307785275.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DB1CD998-CF19-47C1-82B5-E90A16DDEAA2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/DB1/CD9/98/FreeManofColorBenjaminJanuarySeriesBo9780307785275.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DB1CD998-CF19-47C1-82B5-E90A16DDEAA2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)