Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Who Killed Blanche Dubois
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Carole Bugge
Class/Genre: Mystery
Berkley, Nov 1999, $5.99, 256 pp.
Industry insiders recognize Claire Rawlings of Ardor House Publications as one of the best mystery editors in the business. Her two biggest clients are the obnoxious Willard Hughes and southern belle Blanche DuBois. After several successful cozies, a doubting Claire agrees to allow Blanche to write a serious non-fiction book about the Ku Klux Klan.
Claire has a boy friend Robert and a semi-permanent teenage ward Meredith who fancies herself as a modern day Holmes. When Somme murders Blanche, the thirteen-year old girl begins sleuthing. As the suspects pile up, a second killing occurs. Meredith and a sexy police detective try to ferret out the culprit before Claire becomes a victim.
WHO KILLED BLANCHE DUBOIS is an entertaining amateur sleuth novel that is the first entry in what should be a long, successful series. The cleverly drawn who-done-it leaves the audience to decide who the killer is amidst a plethora of viable suspects. Meredith is an adorable genius with a teenage attitude that will have readers alternating between spanking her and hugging her. Carole Bugge demonstrates that she is a top rate story teller.
Harriet Klausner
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