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Murder Below Montparnasse

(Aimee Leduc Investigations #13)

by

Cara BLACK

336 pages

Published by  Soho Crime on March 5, 2013

Ebook received from Soho Crime,
via Edelweiss

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MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BOOK

Last year, my husband asked me if I knew about any modern day French detective stories. Honestly, nothing was coming to mind. So I looked around, and the name of Cara Black came up, with her heroine investigator Aimée Leduc. I thought it was cool that the names of all her mysteries had un arrondissement de Paris in the title. I didn’t have time to read any back then, but kept the name in the back of my mind. When I saw Murder Below Montparnasse, the latest (#13  already, which adds 12 books to my TBR in one shot!!) in the series, offered by Edelweiss, I knew it was time to meet Aimée.

I’m so glad I finally discovered Aimée Leduc. She is a very sharp private detective, and also very feminine, very much part of current society, and bien dans sa peau, well, as long as she does not think too much of her mother, a tough case.

Indeed she has to face some family issues in this new mystery she has to solve, as her mother happened to have some dubious connections with some political and art milieus; she might even be very instrumental in the killing Aimée is investigating.

I liked very much all the varied layers of this mystery, with arts and politics; the description of Paris grim areas is very evocative and fascinating. I found the book well written and for sure the suspense keeps you going, as you face what looks like a thief being himself victim of a theft. And with Aimée, you have to figure out who is her friend, and who is in the other camp.

This is not a cozy mystery, there are some rather bloody scenes, but definitely not over the top.

If you love mysteries and Paris, you really need to meet with Aimée Leduc. And now I’ll try to keep up and read the previous installments!
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 Cara Black frequents a Paris little known outside the beaten tourist track. A Paris she discovers on research trips and interviews with French police, private detectives and café owners. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and their teenage son. She is a San Francisco Library Laureate and a member of the Paris Sociéte Historique in the Marais. Her nationally bestselling and award nominated Aimée Leduc Investigation series has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Hebrew. She’s included in the GREAT WOMEN MYSTERY WRITERS by Elizabeth Lindsay 2nd edition published in the UK. Her first three novels in the series MURDER IN THE MARAIS, MURDER IN BELLEVILLE AN MURDER IN THE SENTIER – nominated for an Anthony Award as Best Novel – were published in the UK in 2008 and MURDER IN THE LATIN QUARTER came out in the UK in 2010. Several of her books have been chosen as BookSense Picks and INDIE NEXT choice by the Amerian Association of Independent Bookstores. The Washington Post listed MURDER IN THE RUE DE PARADIS in the Best Fiction Choices of 2008. MURDER IN THE LATIN QUARTER is a finalist for Best Novel Award from the NCIBA Northern California Independent Booksellers Association.

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