Benjamin January Historical Mystery The Drinking Gourd, Book 14, (Paperback)

from Romonko

I usually love Benjamin January and the books in this series are usually quite wonderful. There was a long wait for this newest one, and I was excited when I finally got to read it. I had a lot of trouble getting through it. The story is all about the Underground Railroad and the dangers involved...

from etxgardener

I love this mystery series featuring Benjamin January, a "free man of color" in antebellum New Orleans. This latest installment finds Ben and his erudite friend, Hannibal, working as musicians in a minstrel show on a Mississippi riverboat after summer fevers have closed down all his usual occupat...

from T_K_Elliott

Once again, a one-sitting read from Barbara Hambly. Ben is called to Vicksburg, where the Underground Railroad is in need of a surgeon. So off Ben goes, accompanied by Hannibal - necessary protection for a black man in that time and place.Like many of the books in this series, particularly the la...

from T_K_Elliott

Once again, a one-sitting read from Barbara Hambly. Ben is called to Vicksburg, where the Underground Railroad is in need of a surgeon. So off Ben goes, accompanied by Hannibal - necessary protection for a black man in that time and place.Like many of the books in this series, particularly the la...