Barbara Hambly

One Extra Corpse (A Silver Screen historical mystery, 2)

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Hollywood, 1924: it’s seven months since widowed English academic Emma Blackstone became assistant, secretary, dog brusher, and companion to her “beautiful… glittering and ...Read Review

Death and Hard Cider (A Benjamin January Mystery, 19)

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Benjamin January, musician, surgeon, and free man of colour, lives in New Orleans in 1840. Political tensions run high when Henry Clay of the ...Read Review

Scandal in Babylon (A Silver Screen historical mystery, 1)

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Capturing the spirit of the times from the first page, this mystery features Emma Blackstone, a Roman and Latin scholar enticed to Hollywood, ...Read Review

House of the Patriarch (A Benjamin January Mystery Book 18)

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Benjamin January is a Black physician in antebellum New Orleans who must moonlight as a detective-for-hire to make ends meet. His latest case, ...Read Review

Lady of Perdition (A Benjamin January Mystery)

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 1840, Benjamin January, a freed black man, leaves the safety of his New Orleans home for the perils of the “Slaveholder’s Republic” ...Read Review

Prisoner of Midnight (A James Asher Vampire Novel)

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2019

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

At the Hotel St-Seurin in Paris, James Asher reads a letter written hurriedly by his wife. Dr. Lydia Asher reports that she sees ...Read Review

Cold Bayou (A Benjamin January Mystery)

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2018

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 1830s New Orleans, Benjamin January must fight for not only his freedom, but for the freedom of his entire family in Hambly’...Read Review

Murder in July

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2017

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Barbara Hambly’s fourteenth Benjamin January mystery might be her best yet. Set in 1830s New Orleans and Paris, the story is rich ...Read Review

Drinking Gourd: A Benjamin January Historical Mystery

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In Louisiana in 1839, free black man Benjamin January, who had been trained as a surgeon in France, is relegated to earning his living ...Read Review

Crimson Angel: A Benjamin January Historical Mystery

By Barbara Hambly - Published 2014

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 1838 New Orleans, Benjamin January, a freed slave and Paris-trained surgeon, is having to survive as a musician. However, life takes a turn ...Read Review