Murder on the Champ de Mars (Aimee Leduc Investigation: Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery) - Tapa dura

Praise for the Aimee Leduc series

"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

"[Cara Black] is on to a good thing: each of her novels is set in a colorful Parisian neighborhood--and there are a lot of them. The cumulative result of reading this addictive series is a sort of mini-tour of the city, as seen through a filter of fictional murder . . . Leduc is always a reliable and charming guide to the city's lesser-known corners."
--"The Seattle Times"

"Black creates rich, plausible characters, giving them individuality and depth."
--"San Francisco Gate"

Praise for the Aimee Leduc series
"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
"[Cara Black] is on to a good thing: each of her novels is set in a colorful Parisian neighborhood--and there are a lot of them. The cumulative result of reading this addictive series is a sort of mini-tour of the city, as seen through a filter of fictional murder . . . Leduc is always a reliable and charming guide to the city's lesser-known corners."
--"The Seattle Times"
"Black creates rich, plausible characters, giving them individuality and depth."
--"San Francisco Gate"

Praise for "Murder on the Champ de Mars""
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"AimEe's 15th outing is a killer, with all the suspense, all the surprise and all the Parisian flavor you'd expect from Black."
--"Kirkus," Starred Review
"Absorbing."
"--Publishers Weekly"
"Black once again delivers what her readers crave: high-speed Parisian peregrinations, chic suspense, a touch of humor, and the indomitable AimEe, as unstoppable with a baby strapped to her hip as she was with one growing in her belly."
"--Booklist"
"Sassy, openhearted AimEe Leduc is back for a 15th outing that takes readers to Paris's elegant, old-gold seventh arrondissement. It's not all luxe, though; even as -AimEe balances work-life responsibilities as a new mom with a detective agency to run, she helps a poor Gypsy boy whose dangerously ill mother has a secret to share."
"--Library Journal"
Praise for the AimEe Leduc series
"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
"[Cara Black] is on to a good thing: each of her novels is set in a colorful Parisian neighborhood--and there are a lot of them. The cumulative result of reading this addictive series is a sort of mini-tour of the city, as seen through a filter of fictional murder . . . Leduc is always a reliable and charming guide to the city's lesser-known corners."
--"The Seattle Times"
"Black creates rich, plausible characters, giving them individuality and depth."
--"San Francisco Gate"

Paris, April 1999: AimEe Leduc has her work cut out for her--running her detective agency and fighting off sleep deprivation as she tries to be a good single mother to her new "bEbE." The last thing she has time for now is to take on a personal investigation for a poor "manouche" (Gypsy) boy. But he insists his dying mother has an important secret she needs to tell AimEe, something to do with AimEe's father's unsolved murder a decade ago. How can she say no?
The dying woman's secret is even more dangerous than her son realized. When AimEe arrives at the hospital, the boy's mother has disappeared. She was far too sick to leave on her own--she must have been abducted. What does she know that's so important it's worth killing for? And will AimEe be able to find her before it's too late and the medication keeping her alive runs out?