This novel is a thriller/detective story set in Baltimore in the mid-60's. It is seen through the eyes of the two principal characters, Maddie and Cleo. Maddie is a suburban Jewish mom who decides, at 37, to give it all up and try her hand at a newspaper. Cleo is a younger black woman who hangs out with the wrong kind of men and winds up dead. The book delves into the two worlds the two different woman inhabit, Maddie's road to independence, and Cleo's struggles to find happiness.
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