Anthony Award
1993 · First Novel · Winner
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Keeping other people's houses clean can be murder...
It's hard enough making ends meet on the pittance Blanche White earns doing day work for the genteel Southern families of North Carolina. But when her fourth bad check lands her a jail sentence, Blanche goes on the lam. Inadvertently, she finds work at the summer home of a wealthy family, the members of which have plenty of their own secrets. And when a dead body is discovered, Blanche finds herself the prime suspect. Using her wit and intelligence--not to mention the remarkably efficient old-girl network among domestic workers--she gets to work uncovering the real killer before she lands in more hot water.
It's hard enough making ends meet on the pittance Blanche White earns doing day work for the genteel Southern families of North Carolina. But when her fourth bad check lands her a jail sentence, Blanche goes on the lam. Inadvertently, she finds work at the summer home of a wealthy family, the members of which have plenty of their own secrets. And when a dead body is discovered, Blanche finds herself the prime suspect. Using her wit and intelligence--not to mention the remarkably efficient old-girl network among domestic workers--she gets to work uncovering the real killer before she lands in more hot water.
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