A cursed statue .
The Nubian\'s Curse by NYT -bestselling author Barbara Hambly is the latest instalment of the critically acclaimed historical mystery series featuring talented amateur sleuth and free man of color, Benjamin January.. . .
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 .
He was discovered dead one morning, his face twisted in horror, and shortly afterwards Arithmus vanished, never to be seen again. but Arithmus\' benefactor, the British explorer Deverel Wishart, did not. . .
January and his friends survived the experience .
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.
But the arrival of an old friend brings unexpected news - and unexpected danger.
Surgeon turned piano-player Benjamin January is looking forward to a peaceful holiday with his family.
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. . .
A seemingly supernatural death . . .
A haunted house . . .
A cursed statue
