- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (25 Aug 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727880829
- ISBN-13: 978-0727880826
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 13.9 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 773,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Benjamin January's Paris past catches up to him in New Orleans
20 Oct 2011
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The preceding two Benjamin January mysteries delved into the past of January's closest friends and allies, fiddler Hannibal Sefton and city guard lieutenant Abishag Shaw, including the events that shaped their extraordinary personalities and led them to the vibrant and volatile city that is 1830s New Orleans. Now the spotlight turns to Benjamin's first wife, the young Moroccan seamstress Ayasha. Her untimely death propelled Benjamin to return to his childhood home, despite having sworn as a young man never to do so when he fled oppression in New Orleans for the promise of liberty and brotherhood in Paris.
"Ran Away" takes us back to the life Benjamin shared with his first love in Paris before the cholera came. We not only get to know the feisty Ayasha but are introduced to several new characters that play important roles in the adventure leading up to Benjamin's present mission. Benjamin can't believe that the Turk, who once made a great personal sacrifice on Ayasha's behalf, is behind the murder of two of his own concubines. However, it seems the whole of New Orleans is all too convinced of the infidel's rapacious nature and guilt. Benjamin must fight past prejudice and preconceived notions to uncover a plot that stretches all the way back to his younger days in Paris. He also struggles to come to terms with the pain that the loss of Ayasha still causes him, despite his dedication to his wife Rose and new baby John.
Barbara Hambly brings us some intriguing new personalities that conceal surprising depths and secrets, as well as favorites like Shaw, Hannibal, Rose and Dominique in this welcome addition to the Benjamin January series. Reading this book is like an enjoyable evening spent with friends both old and new.
"Ran Away" takes us back to the life Benjamin shared with his first love in Paris before the cholera came. We not only get to know the feisty Ayasha but are introduced to several new characters that play important roles in the adventure leading up to Benjamin's present mission. Benjamin can't believe that the Turk, who once made a great personal sacrifice on Ayasha's behalf, is behind the murder of two of his own concubines. However, it seems the whole of New Orleans is all too convinced of the infidel's rapacious nature and guilt. Benjamin must fight past prejudice and preconceived notions to uncover a plot that stretches all the way back to his younger days in Paris. He also struggles to come to terms with the pain that the loss of Ayasha still causes him, despite his dedication to his wife Rose and new baby John.
Barbara Hambly brings us some intriguing new personalities that conceal surprising depths and secrets, as well as favorites like Shaw, Hannibal, Rose and Dominique in this welcome addition to the Benjamin January series. Reading this book is like an enjoyable evening spent with friends both old and new.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
It's always January
28 Nov 2011
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Since I first encountered Benjamin January and New Orleans in the 1830's I have become extremely fond of the characters created by Barbara Hambly in this series. Although her plots border on the extravagant the real extravagance of the historical period, which she seems to know quite well, supports them - and besides, they're really fun. Ms. Hambly's prose is always delightful and I can overlook her occasional howlers - a lay Catholic is NEVER allowed to absolve someone else's sins - for the pleasure of encountering again some of my favorite eccentrics. My only real regret is that Livia Levesque is unlikely to survive long enough to give us her opinion of Ben Butler, but then, I can hope. First to last, this series is full of humor, information, mental challenges and insight. Prominent in my memory is the concluding section of "The Shirt Off His Back," which works in my mind with "The Color of Lightning" and "Empire of the Summer Moon" to give an idea of how devastating the European diseases were to the Native American plains tribes. Any one of the January books is a great read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Another Great Benjamin January Mystery
31 Mar 2012
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WOW - one of my wishes has finally been granted, Ms. Hambly has now written of Ben's time in Paris and his first wife Ayasha in her new novel, "Ran Away". And it is a wonderful and beautiful and exciting novel! The tying together of Ben's past in Paris with his present in New Orleans is outstanding. As always Ms. Hambly has written a terrific mystery which includes all the wonderful characters that inhabit Benjamin's world - Rose, Hannibal, Constable Abishag Shaw, Gabriel, Zizi-Marie, Baby John, and introducing Huseyin Pasha, Sitt Jamilla and many others. I have been a continuing fan of this series after reading "A Free Man of Color", the first in Benjamin January's adventures. As I've written in my previous reviews, I continue to be amazed that none of these great books, with their amazing characters and spot-on portrayl of a terrifying time in American history has been made into a movie - they certainly deserve to be!
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