Description
A promising homecoming night at Lovett High turns deadly when Nova Albright—the first Black homecoming queen— is murdered on coronation night, and her body is found in the old slave cemetery she worked to restore. With the crown now poised to pass to Tinsley McArthur, a wealthy white legacy who seems untouchable, Nova’s best friend Duchess Simmons is left to fight a case that her own community is determined to ignore. As Duchess pushes closer to the truth, she collides with the politics of privilege, the fragility of justice, and the dangerous ways loyalty can be weaponized. Blending sharp suspense with themes of race, power, and institutional bias, this fast-paced thriller delivers the kind of page-turning tension fans of YA mystery and social-justice suspense crave.
Available Editions
paperback
Delacorte Press
Published Jan 31, 2023
401 pages
ISBN: 9780593568569
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Community Reviews(1)
i don’t think tinsley really needed or deserved a redemption arc. we can know she’s done the right thing without placing the focus on her because giving her that redemption arc fully overshadowed what this was supposed to be about: justice for nova, processing grief for duchess. tinsley became the main character in a story about black girls in the south seeking equality, right to life, and justice. the ending felt like it was written for white people to absolve their guilt, which the novel had already previously criticized. idk man.
Details
First Published
2023
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Black Queen by Jumata Emill.