An Aimée Leduc Investigation: Murder in the Marais (Series #1) (Paperback)

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. ...

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. ...

from tuke

One reviewer called Cara Black's detective Aimee Leduc "Kinsey Milhone [Sue Grafton's detective] in Paris," and that has some truth to it. But the canvas here is larger than Grafton's, encompassing French politics and the long hangover of collaboration.The evocation of everyday life in Paris was ...

from NanetteLS

Had a really hard time sticking with this one even though I love Paris and it was highly recommended. I really wanted to like it but didn't. May try another in the series later.