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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Case of the Anniversary Libation: A Judah P. Benjamin-Horatio T. Burdette Mystery

The Case of the Anniversary Libation: A Judah P. Benjamin-Horatio T. Burdette Mystery

Denson, Howard

Paperback

Series: Murder Most Foul

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN10: 1517164362
ISBN13: 9781517164362
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Nov 7 2015
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE CASE OF THE ANNIVERSARY LIBATION is a murder mystery with its detective being the clever Hebrew Judah P. Benjamin of Louisiana. His amanuensis, Horatio T. Burdette, tells of a Huck Finn odyssey from boyhood, to student, to early fatherhood, all while he is a slave. The 88,500-word novel traces Horatio's boyhood at the Burdette plantations near the Gulf of Mexico. A drunken Rainey Burdette has already caused the death of a horse in an accident that broke the collarbone of the twelve-year-old Horatio. Days later, Rainey is drunk at Miss Ginny's Emporium when he uses Horatio as collateral during a poker game. Horatio ends up being the property of Captain Eagleton, an anti-slavery gambler who had served in the war with Mexico. At Omega plantation owned by the Osgoods, the Captain plays cards with the plantation owner and his guest, Senator Benjamin. As the Captain realizes he is dying from being poisoned, he deliberately loses Horatio to the Senator in a game of blackjack. He gets Benjamin to be his executor and writes a quick will in which he gives most of his money to his little boy in Charleston but sets aside enough for Horatio to be sent north for an education. After the Captain's death, three others die on the plantation. Benjamin continues his trip to Washington City, but leaves Horatio in the hands of people he can trust. Later, at Benjamin's plantation, he meets an old slave with a rhetorical gift and a girl named Sophie, who is a little older than he is. When in New Orleans and later in Chicago and Philadelphia, the Senator and Horatio pick up enough clues to solve the mystery of the poisonings at Omega Plantation.

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