In her ninth outing, PI Tess Monaghan and her self-loathing trust-funder boyfriend shield an obstreperous black teen from feds probing a prosecutor's murder.
Local Color
''[T]wo Baltimores. Rich and poor. White and black. Ours. Theirs.''
Quirkiest Character
Tess' madcap preppy sidekick, Whitney, offers a kid some gin with his
cookies.
Lowdown
The rickety plot frames a razor-sharp portrait of ghetto survivalism,
liberal guilt, and every ratcheting of social tensions in between.
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