A Mysterious Review of …
Murder Below Montparnasse by Cara Black. An Aimée Leduc Investigation.
Review summary: The storyline in this murder mystery is really quite interesting but takes a long time to get started and is wildly overcomplicated once it does, taking the most serpentine path possible to get from point A to point B. It's a journey worth taking, but does get rather tiring along the way. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Murder Below Montparnasse
Cara Black
An Aimée Leduc Investigation
Soho Crime (March 2013)
Publisher synopsis: When Aimée's long-term partner and best friend René leaves their detective agency for a new job in Silicon Valley, Aimée knows she can handle the extra workload. At least, that what she tells herself. Repeatedly.
But all bets are off when Yuri Volodya, a mysterious old Russian man, hires Aimée to protect a painting. By the time she gets to his Montparnasse atelier, the precious painting has already been stolen, leaving Aimée smelling a rat. The next day, Yuri is found tortured to death in his kitchen. To top it all off, it looks like Aimée isn't the only one looking for the painting. Some very dangerous people are threatening her and her coworkers, and witnesses are dropping like flies. Now Aimée has to find the painting, stop her attackers, and figure out what her long-missing mother, who is on Interpol's most wanted list, has to do with all this — fingers crossed she wasn't Yuri's murderer, despite clues pointing in that direction.
Obviously, René doesn't need to worry. Aimee has things under control.
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