Aimee Leduc #20: Murder At The Porte De Versailles

Aimee Leduc #20: Murder At The Porte De Versailles
Cara Black
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h228 x 152mm
1 Mar 2022 US
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9781641290432
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This riveting 20th installment entangles Parisian private investigator Aimee Leduc in a dangerous web of international spycraft and terrorist threats in Paris' s 15th arrondissement. November 2001- in the wake of 9/11, Paris is living in a state of fear. For Aimee Leduc, November is bittersweet- the anniversary of her father' s death and her daughter' s third birthday fall on the same day. A gathering for family and friends is disrupted when a bomb goes off at the police laboratory-and Boris Viard, the partner of Aimee' s friend Michou, is found unconscious at the scene of the crime with traces of explosives under his fingernails. Aimee doesn' t believe Boris set the bomb. In an effort to prove this, she battles the police and his own lab colleagues, collecting conflicting eyewitness reports. When a member of the French secret service drafts Aimee to help investigate possible links to an Iranian Revolutionary guard and fugitive radicals who bombed Interpol in the 1980s, Aimee uncovers ties to a cold case of her father' s. As Aimee scours the streets of the 15th arrondissement trying to learn the truth, she has to ask herself if she should succumb to pressure from Chloe' s biological father and move them out to his farm in Brittany. But could Aimee Leduc ever leave Paris?

Aimee Leduc #01: Murder in the Marais - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #02: Murder in Belleville - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #03: Murder in the Sentier - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #09: Murder in the Latin Quarter - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #14: Murder in Pigalle - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #15: Murder on the Champ De Mars - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #16: Murder on the Quai - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #17: Murder in Saint-Germain - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #18: Murder On The Left Bank - (not currently available)
Aimee Leduc #19: Murder in Bel Air
#20: Murder At The Porte De Versailles

Praise for Murder at the Porte de Versailles CrimeReads Most Anticipated Books of 2022 "Black' s series is at home on bestseller lists and has long been a particular favorite of librarians and library patrons . . . Set in November 2001, the story unwinds against the backdrop of 9/11 and, more personally, the question of whether Aimee should move to Brittany with her three-year-old daughter, Chloe, and her biological father. Forget it, Aimee: we want you in Paris, not clomping about a farm in Birkenstocks. " -Booklist "In bestseller Black' s riveting 20th Aimee Leduc investigation, tensions are high in Paris two months after 9/11 . . . Rich with detail about life in Paris, this entry illuminates the complications that friends and family can unwittingly create. Black shows no signs of losing steam. " -Publishers Weekly "A bombing at a police lab has all Paris on edge . . . As days pass without an arrest, Aimee moves into action. Will she find the bombers before the police arrest Boris and before Melac decides that Paris is just too dangerous a place for his child? Black delivers again with a combination of political intrigue and tight detective thrills. " -Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Aimee Leduc investigations "Wry, complex, sophisticated, intensely Parisian . . . One of the very best heroines in crime fiction today. " -Lee Child "The finest PI series now being written. " -Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series "As always, with airfares so high, Black offers armchair travelers a whirlwind trip through the City of Light. " -USA Today "Marvelous . . . boasts all of Black' s trademark charms, including deft plotting, sharp dialog and colorful sights and sounds. " -Chicago Tribune "Cara Black' s Aimee Leduc is a gem: a stylish, brave private detective (and new mom) who zips around Paris on a scooter . . . Beguiling tours of some of Paris' little-known corners. " -The Seattle Times "Black creates rich, plausible characters, giving them individuality and depth. " -San Francisco Gate "Whether read as a crime story with roots in international politics or as the latest chapter in a fascinating family drama, this is a deeply satisfying and entertaining novel. " -Booklist, Starred Review
Cara Black is the author of twenty books in the New York Times bestselling Aimee Leduc series as well as the thriller Three Hours in Paris. She has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, and her books have been translated into German, Norwegian, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son and visits Paris frequently.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781641290432
Published: 1 Mar 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Soho Press
Publisher: Soho Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 228mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 1

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