Black Widower

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enjoyable plot, jarring race relations submitted by camelsamba on June 17, 2012, 10:14pm I read Black Girl, White Girl before this book, even though this book preceded it in the series. In BGWG, the Tibbetts return to Tampica, so I knew I had to track down this book - their previous visit - to understand how they came to know the characters in the other (notably Eddie Ironmonger and Lucy whatsits-of-the-odd-name).

The plot and twists in this book are enjoyable and not crazy or convoluted. The attitudes on the other hand - I suspect some of the blatant racism towards the islanders was typical of the period, but it's still a bit jarring to read. Moyes never did shy away from writing characters that you would not like in real life - and they're not always the bad guys (plot wise).