title: Baltimore Now
author: Berry, Thomas E.
description: Ann Dubois, a beautiful young white woman with everything money can buy, is working on a Johns Hopkins research grant with Mike Brown, a self-made black scholar from the Baltimore ghetto. Hidden prejudice enters their relationship, and the rampant crime in Baltimore plays a role in their story. The major elements of social unrest plaguing the city continue to develop, and fear reigns until a surprising conclusion calms the storm. This intriguing contemporary novel is about Baltimore Now . . . with murder served up in the finale.