Murder in the Marais : An Aimee Leduc Investigation, Vol. 1

from annejacinta

Cara Black is guaranteed to satisfy any nostalgia you may have for Paris. Main character Aimee Leduc is usually fun to follow as she solves quite complex murders. This time there is a more serious undertone as the SS deportation of French Jews in the Second World War is the basis of the plot. As ...

from porch_reader

Murder in the Marais is the first book in the Aimee Leduc series. Each of the books in this series is set in a different neighborhood in Paris. Marais is the historic Jewish quarter of Paris, and this mystery is linked to events that occurred during World War II. Overall, I enjoyed this book and ...

from Hanneri

I enjoyed this book, although I felt that Black threw in too many characters too quickly, making it difficult to keep track of everyone. At one point, I realized that a character I pictured as a young man, was actually in his fifties. The writing is a little shaky at times, but not terrible. As a...

from ffortsa

This first entry in the Aimee Leduc series was unexpectedly long (382 pages or so), and very involved with the afteraffects of WWII even though it takes place in the 1990s. Aimee is approached to deliver something to an old woman in the Marais district of Paris, but finds her freshly murdered. In...

from kambrogi

Cara Black's mystery series is set in different arrondissements (districts) of the city of Paris. In this volume, she has used her knowledge of the Marais, the old Jewish neighborhood, to good advantage. The contemporary murder is motivated by events that occurred during WWII and the occupation. ...