The entire town of Monticello believes the days of the extravagant black Madams are over. And everyone has bought into the idea of tourism, capitalizing on turning the old stone riverside brothels into quaint one thousand dollars a night bed in breakfast inns. But just because the Madams may be gone, it doesn't mean that the oldest profession has completely disappeared. Old debts and family secrets and even secret societies come into play, all controlled by a very old, unhesitatingly ruthless and shrewd black madam who the entire town believes is blind crippled and crazy. Few male authors can carry one female character successfully and realistically, Adolphus Ward III handles four main female characters flawlessly. A black contemporary folk tale set in the present. Once again Adolphus Ward III succeeds with, THE LAST MADAM
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