A Mysterious Review of Murder in Pigalle by Cara Black. An Aimée Leduc Investigation.
Review summary: After several overly complicated and really rather average outings for Aimée Leduc and her investigative partner Rene Friant, this mystery is refreshingly simple in its scope and quite good as a result. And while the storyline is far afield of the primary focus of Leduc Detective, this is most certainly one of the better entries in this series. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Murder in Pigalle
Cara Black
An Aimée Leduc Investigation
Soho Crime (March 2014)
Publisher synopsis: June, 1998: Paris's sticky summer heat is even more oppressive than usual as rowdy French football fans riot in anticipation of the World Cup. Private Investigator Aimée Leduc has been trying to slow down her hectic lifestyle — she's five months' pregnant and has the baby's well-being to think about now. But then disaster strikes close to home. A serial rapist has been terrorizing Paris's Pigalle neighborhood, following teenage girls home and attacking them in their own houses. It is sad and frightening but has nothing to do with Aimée — until Zazie, the 13-year-old daughter of the proprietor of Aimée's favorite café, disappears. The police aren't mobilizing quickly enough, and when Zazie's desperate parents approach Aimée for help, she knows she couldn't say no even if she wanted to.
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