Murder in Saint Germain
Cara Black
ISBN: 9781616959005
Published: June, 2017
Pricing
Paperback $15.95
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Description
Paris, July 1999: Private investigator Aimée Leduc is walking through Saint-Germain when she is accosted by Suzanne Lesage, a Brigade Criminelle agent on an elite counterterrorism squad. Suzanne has just returned from the former Yugoslavia, where she was hunting down dangerous war criminals for the Hague. Back in Paris, Suzanne is convin...
Paris, July 1999: Private investigator Aimée Leduc is walking through Saint-Germain when she is accosted by Suzanne Lesage, a Brigade Criminelle agent on an elite counterterrorism squad. Suzanne has just returned from the former Yugoslavia, where she was hunting down dangerous war criminals for the Hague. Back in Paris, Suzanne is convinced she’s being stalked by a ghost — a Serbian warlord her team took down. She’s suffering from PTSD and her boss thinks she’s imagining things. She begs Aimée to investigate—is it possible Mirko Vladić is alive and in Paris with a blood vendetta?
Aimée is already working on a huge case; plus, she’s got an eight-month-old baby to take care of. But she can’t say no to Suzanne. Aimée chases the few leads she has, and all evidence confirms Mirko Vladić is dead. It seems that Suzanne is in fact paranoid, perhaps losing her mind—until Suzanne’s team begins to die in a series of strange, tragic accidents. Are these just coincidences? Or are things not what they seem?
Media
“A BBC Best Summer Read of 2017.”
“As always, with airfares so high, Black offers armchair travelers a whirlwind trip through the City of Light.”
—USA Today
“Quintessential summer reading.”
—The Boston Globe
“Smashing and suspenseful.”
—The BBC's Between the Lines
“Black's detective is hitting her post-pregnancy stride, bringing up bébé while battling the bad guys with the best of them.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“Similar to Donna Leon in her terrific Venice series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, Cara Black imbues her fiction with moral and social issues impacting modern-day Europe.”
–Bookreporter.com
“A gripping plot... [Black] is good at providing the reader with some real suspense.”
–Bookgasm on Murder in Saint-Germain
“An atmospheric thriller with a savvy take on international arms dealing.”
–Jane Ciabattari, BBC, on Murder in Saint-Germain
“The abiding pleasure of this series is the chance to ride with a cabdriver who wants to discuss Sartre or just tearing around Paris on Aimée’s pink Vespa, making stops at the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Île Saint-Louis, where Aimée has an apartment. Lucky girl.”
–Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review on Murder in Saint-Germain
“The pace is, as ever, lickety-split, the sleuthing complex and the small pauses to savour Saint-Germain’s glories delightfully educational.”
–Toronto Star on Murder in Saint Germain
“A Huffington Post Best Mystery of 2017.”