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Blanche Cleans Up
A Mystery Novel by Barbara Neely
Book 3 of the A Blanche White Mystery Series
Subgenres:
- Political Thriller,
- African American,
- Domestic Noir
This book is for you if you're into...
- Amateur sleuths uncovering secrets in political families
- Sharp social commentary woven into murder investigations
- Domestic staff who outsmart the powerful
The third, ground-breaking mystery featuring African-American maid and amateur sleuth Blanche White by Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award winning author Barbara Neely, the 2020 Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster.
Blanche White is working as a temporary cook and housekeeper for a right-wing, Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Alistair Brindle when someone tries to blackmail him. It's an ugly mess that Brindle's political team is eager to sweep under the carpet and that Blanche can't resist cleaning up herself…especially after a young black man is killed who knew too much about Brindle's dirty laundry.
Her investigation raises dark secrets involving sex, environmental contamination, and political corruption, difficult stains on the white, conservative Brindle family that someone is trying to remove with murder.
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