Title: Mexico in 1835
Product review: Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January novels are simply wonderful. The research that goes into each one is truly amazing and this one is no different. In this book Benjamin and his bride Rose go down to Mexico to rescue their friend Hannibal who has been accused of murdering the son of his paramour's father. Once there they are thrown into dangerous intrigue and sadistic cruelty. Ben and Rose have never seen a family quite like Don Prospero's. And it appears that Hannibal did indeed kill the Don's son since no one else could have poisoned him, but Ben knows that Hannibal is incapable of murder and he and Rose set out to prove his innocence at no small risk to themselves. This was a good book and a good mystery, but I missed the New Orleans backdrop since all the book's action occurs in Mexico. Ms. Hambly is a master-storyteller.
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