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Who Killed Blanche Dubois |
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 Who Killed Blanche Dubois byCarole Bugge Berkley Prime Crime 242 pages, 1999 ISBN 0425171957 Reviewed by Phillip Tomasso III Read our review of Who Killed Dorian Gray, the second in this series. Claire Rawlings, a successful editor at Ardor House, finds herself thrown from her job of editing whodunit novels into an actual mystery when one of Ardor House’s mystery writers is poisoned to death. One might presume many of the potential suspects were present at a large party thrown by Amelia Moore on the night before the murder. Let’s take a look at the party list. First, there is Willard Hughes - best selling mystery novelist at Ardor House - that is, until Blanche Dubois arrived on the scene and replaced him at the top. And Hughes doesn’t mind making a stink about his jealousy either. How about Blanche’s older sister? The two had a big argument at the party, and Blanche left the room visibly upset. One must even consider the generous and gracious hostess, Ms. Moore. The man she loves doesn’t even know she exists whenever Blanche Dubois is in the same room, and everyone knows that Blanche doesn’t really care for this man. And the list goes on. Claire Rawlings, after being featured in an article in New Woman as a successful professional, finds that she has a unique admirer in thirteen-year-old Meredith Lawrence. Intelligent beyond her years and beyond the years of many adults, Meredith invites herself up to the Big Apple for a visit and plans on staying with Claire. Despite Meredith’s mannerisms, she and Claire become close friends. Together they find themselves searching for Blanche Dubois’ murderer. There seems to be only one problem with their detective work: Every time they think they know who did it, the suspect winds up dead. This is the first in Carole Bugge’s new series of whodunit mysteries and I am glad I had the opportunity to start at the beginning. I found Who Killed Blanche Dubois to be an entertaining and witty amateur sleuth mystery. The plot was strong enough to be believable and I enjoyed the characters the most with their well-defined idiosyncrasies. Luckily, I have the second book in the series tucked in my pocket. |
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