Murder on the Quai
Cara Black
ISBN: 9781616956783
Published: June, 2016
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Description
November 1989: Aimée Leduc is having a tough first year at Paris’s top medical program. A classmate has sabotaged one of her projects, and she discovers that her aristo boyfriend is getting engaged to another woman. Then the Berlin Wall crumbles, and Aimée’s father departs for Berlin, leaving Aimée to look after the family detectiv...
November 1989: Aimée Leduc is having a tough first year at Paris’s top medical program. A classmate has sabotaged one of her projects, and she discovers that her aristo boyfriend is getting engaged to another woman. Then the Berlin Wall crumbles, and Aimée’s father departs for Berlin, leaving Aimée to look after the family detective agency. She soon finds herself sucked into a murder case linked to Nazi gold that vanished from the French countryside during World War II. As the investigation gets under her skin, Aimée discovers her heart may not lie in medicine after all—maybe it’s time to think harder about the family business.
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“Transcendently, seductively, irresistibly French.”
—Alan Furst
“Wry, complex, sophisticated, intensely Parisian ... One of the very best heroines in crime fiction today.”
—Lee Child
“So authentic you can practically smell the fresh baguettes and coffee.”
—Val McDermid
“A winning mystery, as stylish and sexy as the city Cara Black knows so well. ”
—George Pelecanos
“So begins the arc of Aimée's story: the first corpse, the first clue, the first shattered love affair, the first meeting with René, her eventual partner, and the reader's first glimpse of Leduc Detectives. ”
–Kirkus Reviews on Murder on the Quai
“Finally we have the prequel we’ve been craving... A treat for series fans. ”
–Booklist on Murder on the Quai
“Murder on the Quai is suspenseful, emotional and, thanks to its Paris setting, très atmosphérique. ”
–BookPage
“This vivid prequel.... alternates between Aimée's investigation and violent events in November 1942 in a small village in Vichy France that may be at the root of several killings. As Aimée becomes a target and her father’s trip grows complicated, Black reveals why Aimee chooses to pursue the family business. ”
–BBC on Murder on the Quai
“The much-anticipated origin story of how lendary — and legendarily chic—French private investigator Aimée Leduc became the super sleuth she is today.”
—Woman's World
“Paris-based investigator (and fashion plate) Aimee Leduc returns in her 16th atmospheric adventure, this one with a twist. Readers flash back in time to learn how former medical student Aimee became a sleuth in the first place.”
–The Sacramento Bee on Murder on the Quai
“Origin stories are almost without exception powerful, and so is this one. It is perhaps one of Black's best and most memorable efforts.”
–Mystery Scene on Murder on the Quai
“Cara Black has done her fans a service with an excellent prequel... The 1989 setting is used to great effect – Black portrays a moment in French history stunned by the end of the Cold War and torn between past crimes, and historical legacies and future dreams. ”
–Mystery People Bookstore on Murder on the Quai
“The Aimée Leduc backstory we’ve been waiting for. ”
–North Hills
“By filling in the character's early years, Cara Black has strengthened the bond between her creation and the many readers who have followed Aimée's development.”
–Book Loons
“Quintessential summer reading ... The Berlin wall is crumbling, and in a series prequel Parisian medical student Aimée Leduc finds her métier, detecting. ”
–Boston Globe on Murder on the Quai
“Who wouldn’t love to catch a glimpse of a favorite sleuth as a blundering amateur? Cara Black lets us do just that in Murder on the Quai, which reveals how Aimée Leduc, her fashionable Parisian private investigator, joined the business founded by her father and grandfather.... The case is engrossing, complete with Vichy flashbacks, but the most fun are the scenes where Aimée meets her future partners and acquires Miles Davis, her beloved bichon frisé. One caveat: For such a clotheshorse, Aimée doesn’t do nearly enough shopping. ”