A review by jennylimmy
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth by Barbara Neely

4.0

An exciting mystery that explores anti-Black racism within an exclusive, well-heeled Black community. While the first in the series felt like a twist on an old classic (murder in a fancy mansion), this book contains a more unusual plot and more nuanced characters. In some ways, this made the book less satisfying — it’s less of a popcorn read, in which good is good and evil is very, very evil. But this book was also much more interesting than the first.