02646cam a2200421 i 4500 1047762568 TxGeo 20231127120000.0 230730s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781448311361 hbk. 1448311365 hbk. (OCoLC)1391433687 TxGeo rda Hambly, Barbara, author. The Nubian's curse / Barbara Hambly. First world edition. London, England : Severn House, [2024] 263 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Benjamin January ; 20 "A cursed statue... A haunted house... A seemingly supernatural death... The unexpected arrival of a friend from his past plunges musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January into an old, unsolved case in this historical mystery set in New Orleans. December 1840. Surgeon turned piano-player Benjamin January is looking forward to a peaceful holiday with his family. But the arrival of an old friend brings unexpected news - and unexpected danger. Persephone Jondrette has found Arithmus: a Sudanese man with extraordinary mental abilities who January last saw in France, nearly fifteen years ago, during a ghost-hunting expedition to a haunted chateau. January and his friends survived the experience... but Arithmus' benefactor, the British explorer Deverel Wishart, did not. He was discovered dead one morning, his face twisted in horror, and shortly afterwards Arithmus vanished, never to be seen again. Did Deverel succumb to the chateau's ghosts - or did Arithmus murder him and run away? January is determined to uncover the truth about the tragic incident from his past, and clear his old friend's name - but even he isn't prepared for what happens next..." -- Provided by publisher. 20240103. January, Benjamin (Fictitious character) Fiction. Free African Americans Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Private investigators Louisiana New Orleans Fiction. Haunted houses Fiction. United States History 1783-1865 Fiction. New Orleans (La) History 19th century Fiction. Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Benjamin January ; 20. QS5