![–Margaret Maron](https://sohopress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/blog-00.png)
Like having your own personal tour guide to quartiers of Paris you might otherwise be too timid to explore on your own – a very sophisticated guide in heels and retro Givenchy, who livens the tour with street-smart observations. Cara Black’s scene-setting details blend into the mystery as smoothly as creme de framboise into champagne – unnoticed at first amid the bubbles, but oh the kick!