Annal:1993 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Macavity Award in the year 1993. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1993 Anthony-1st Novel winner
- 1993 Macavity-1st Novel winner
- 1992 Agatha–1st Novel winner
- Score: 30.43
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…
