Graveyard Dust (1999) is Barbara Hambly’s third mystery/suspense novel featuring Benjamin January. It is set in 1830s New Orleans. The character lived in Paris for a number of years coinciding with Balzac’s life and residence in Paris.
January had been a musician in Paris for ten years. Every tale and anecdote and bit of gossip he’d ever heard there–not to mention substantial blocks of Stendhal and Balzac–flowed easily to his tongue.
La Comedie Humaine by Balzac 