Blanche Among the Talented Tenth

When Blanche White--domestic worker extraordinaire turned accidental sleuth managed to get her kids into a private school, she didn't know they'd be getting as much attitude as education. So she jumps at the opportunity to spend some time with them at Amber Cove, an exclusive, all-black resort in Maine, where she can observe them with their wealthy friends and keep them from turning into people she doesn't want to know.

While some of the guests--including her daughter--are giving Blanche an insider's view into the color and class divisions within the black community, the godson of a famous feminist commits suicide and another one of the guests has a fatal encounter with a radio while taking a bath. When Blanche is enlisted to use her considerable wiles to find out if these events are connected, she discovers a web of secrets that someone may be willing to kill for--and a man determined to sweep her off her feet no matter how much she weighs.