This book is the 1st in the Aimee Leduc Investigation series. It is also a first novel written by Cara Black. Aimee is a detective in Paris. A Paris of 1993, surrounded in webs of past collaborations, new Nazis, and subtle nuances woven in a tale of new and old hatred and remembered loves all in a background of a fine Parisian atmosphere. In this stunning debut novel Cara Black does for Paris what Linda Fairstein, the author of the Alex Cooper series, does for New York.
Aimee, is a thirty four year old, half-French, half-American woman living in Paris and working as a computer forensic specialist with her dwarf partner, Rene. Aimee is engaged by a Jewish rabbi to analyze an old World War II photo and deliver it to an elderly woman in the Marais, the old Jewish quarter.. The Marais (Marsh fr.) is an historic district in Paris, France. Long the aristocratic district of Paris it hosts many outstanding architectural buildings. It spreads across parts of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements (districts) in Paris on the Right Bank of the Seine. When Aimee delivers the photo she finds a corpse. The corpse has a swastika carved into her forehead. This is barely the beginning. The mystery spirals out to include a neo Nazi group, two high level politicians, and characters from a half a century ago. Trysts, betrayals, revenge, and hatred are woven together in this suspenseful historical Parisian thriller immersed in current politics and old war crimes. Aimee sorts it all out with her partner using their top notch computer hacking skills and tenacity.
I loved the complexity of the plot and the tour of Paris. Not being familiar with Paris I found it slow reading at times but worth the effort. Aimee Leduc is likable, no holds bard kind of gal. At times she might remind you of a French Stephanie Plum. I loved the book, stayed up most of the night reading, and will be searching out all of the books in her series.
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