Benjamin January's search for a missing man takes him into a dark world filled with grave robbers and slave stealers.
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New Orleans, 1838. When Benjamin January suddenly finds that his services playing piano at extravagant balls held by the city's wealthy are no longer required, he ends up agreeing to accompany sugar planter Henri Viellard and his young wife, Chloë, on a mission to Washington to find a missing friend.
Plunged into a murky world, it soon becomes clear that while it is very possible the Viellards' friend is dead, his enemies are very much alive - and ready to kill...
Benjamin January's search for a missing man takes him into a dark world filled with grave robbers and slave stealers.
New Orleans, 1838. When Benjamin January suddenly finds that his services playing piano at extravagant balls held by the city's wealthy are no longer required, he ends up agreeing to accompany sugar planter Henri Viellard and his young wife, Chloë, on a mission to Washington to find a missing friend.
Plunged into a murky world, it soon becomes clear that while it is very possible the Viellards' friend is dead, his enemies are very much alive - and ready to kill anyone who gets in their way.
- ISBN10 178010393X
- ISBN13 9781780103938
- Publish Date 1 May 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Canongate Books Ltd
- Imprint Severn House
- Edition Retailer exclusive - Open Road
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 256
- Language English