Graveyard Dust
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Bestselling author Barbara Hamblyâs A Free Man of Color and Fever Season established Benjamin January as one of mysteryâs most exciting heroes. Now he returns in a powerful new novel, a sensual mosaic of old New Orleans, where cultures clash and murder can hover around every darkened corner.
It is St. Johnâs Eve in the summer of 1834 when Benjamin JanuaryâCreole physician and music teacherâis shattered by the news that his sister has been arrested for murder. The Guards have only a shadow of a case against her. But Olympeâmystical and rebelliousâis a woman of color, whose chance for justice is slim.
As Benjamin probes the allegation, he is targeted by a new threat: graveyard dust sprinkled at his door, whispering of a voodoo death curse. Now, to save Olympeâs lifeâand his ownâBenjamin knows he must glean information wherever he can find it. For in the heavy darkness of New Orleans, the truth is what you make it, and justice can disappear with the nightâs warm breeze as easy as graveyard dust.
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Barbara Hambly has written novels in many genres, from mysteries to science fiction and fantasy. She holds a degree in medieval history from the University of California and teaches at a local college. Her books include The Emancipatorâs Wife, a finalist for the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction, and Fever Season was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Ron Butler is a Los Angeles based actor who works regularly as a commercial and animation voiceover artist and an audiobook narrator. A member of the Atlantic Theater Company, he has over a hundred film and television credits to his name and won an Independent Filmmaker Project Award for his work in the HBO film Everyday People.
