Blue Blood: An Ivy League Mystery - Softcover

At thirty-two she became one of the most influential women in American business when she was named the first black woman partner at McKinsey & Company, the world's largest management consulting firm. She is currently executive vice president at NBC and the president and CEO of CNBC.com.

Thomas-Graham's first novel, A Darker Shade of Crimson, was named a People magazine "Page Turner of the Week," and her third Ivy League mystery, Burnt Orange, set at Princeton University, is coming next year in hardcover from Simon & Schuster.

Originally from Detroit, Thomas-Graham divides her time between Manhattan and Westchester County with her husband, writer and attorney Lawrence Otis Graham, and their son.