'Black Cake' Plot Summary & Book Ending, Explained

'Black Cake' Plot Summary & Book Ending, Explained

Based on author Charmaine Wilkerson’s 2022 novel, Hulu’s Black Cake adaptation is a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery. Spanning decades, the action kicks off in 1960 with runaway bride Covey’s (Mia Isaac) disappearance off the Jamaican coast. What nobody knows, however, is if she drowned or is a fugitive on the run for her groom’s murder.In present-day Southern California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett (Chipo Chung) dies, leaving her two …