Days of the Dead — Barbara Hambly

Mexico City in 1835 is a lawless place, teeming with bandits and beggars. Here Benjamin January and his new bride Rose Vitrac pray they'll find Hannibal Sefton alive--and not already at the end of a hangman's rope. Sefton stands accused of poisoning the son of a prominent landowner. But when Benjamin and Rose arrive at Hacienda Mictlan, they counter a murky tangle of family relations, a local police force hostile to free people of color, and more than one suspect. As Mexico's holy Days of the Dead approach, Benjamin and Rose know time is running 'lit. For a killer is ready to strike and plans to add them to the already swelling ranks of the deceased....