House of the Patriarch, Barbara Hambly
House of the Patriarch, Barbara Hambly
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House of the Patriarch

Author: Barbara Hambly

Narrator: Ron Butler

Unabridged: 10 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/12/2022

Synopsis

No one can talk to the dead … can they? Freeman of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a strange, spiritual world that might lead to his own demise, as he hunts for a missing teenager in this gripping, atmospheric historical mystery.New Orleans, 1840. Freshly home from a dangerous journey, the last thing Benjamin January wants to do is leave his wife and young sons again. But when old friends Henri and Chloë Viellard ask for his help tracking down a missing girl in distant New York, he can’t say no.Three weeks ago, seventeen-year-old Eve Russell boarded a steamboat—and never got off it. Mrs. Russell is adamant that Eve has been kidnapped, but how could someone remove a teenager from a crowded deck in broad daylight? And why would anyone target Eve?The answer lies in New York, a hotbed of new religions and beliefs, of human circuses and freak shows, and of “blackbirders” who will use any opportunity to kidnap a freeman of color and sell him into slavery. January is determined to uncover the truth, but will he ever be able to return to New Orleans to share it?

About Barbara Hambly

Barbara Hambly is the New York Times bestselling author of many fantasy and science fiction titles, including shared-universe novels for Star Wars and Star Trek. She makes her home in Los Angeles.

About Ron Butler

Ron Butler is a Los Angeles–based actor, Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator, and voice artist with over a hundred film and television credits. Most kids will recognize him from the three seasons he spent on Nickelodeon’s True Jackson, VP. He works regularly as a commercial and animation voice-over artist and has voiced a wide variety of audiobooks. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an Independent Filmmaker Project Award winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deborah

This latest “Benjamin January” mystery begins with yet another commission to find a missing daughter. In this case, the lost girl is a young lady from a modestly well-to-do white family, recently introduced into society but given to fanciful questions. The last thing Ben wants is to leave his family......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

There are a few book series for which I eagerly await the next installment; this is one of them. This time, Ben is asked by family friends Chloe and Henri to help find the missing daughter of *their* family friends. Eve Russell has become enamored of some new Second Great Enlightenment beliefs and ha......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen

Benjamin January, a free man of color and physician in 1940 New Orleans spends more time, it seems on the road finding missing persons than he does with his wonderful wife Rose. He's also a musician, by the way. He's asked to find out what happened to 17 year old Eve, who was kidnapped off a steam b......more

Goodreads review by Redsteve

Set mostly in New York City and Upstate New York, this Benjamin January mystery also involves the Underground Railroad, 19th Century religious radicalism, and the spiritualist movement. Naturally, Hambly's history is excellent and there is suspense, intrigue, and desperate action aplenty. In additio......more

Quotes

“Outstanding…Hambly’s masterful historical detail, scrupulous character portrayal, and psychological analysis of human frailties contribute handsomely to her storytelling. This long-running series shows no signs of losing steam.”  Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“In Hambly’s expert hands, New York is a dark, threatening place, in many ways a foreign land to January…Hambly lays bare the dark underbelly of American society in the mid-nineteenth century. A fine entry in an impressive series.”  Booklist

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