Murder Below Montparnasse (Aimee Leduc Investigation: Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery) - Hardcover

Black, Cara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410460835 ISBN 13: 9781410460837

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2013

Synopsis

A long-lost Modigliani portrait, a grieving brother's blood vendetta, a Soviet secret that's been buried for 80 years--Parisian private investigator Aimee Leduc's current case is her most exciting one yet.

When Aimee's long-term partner and best friend Rene leaves their detective agency for a new job in Silicon Valley, Aimee 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 Aimee to protect a painting. By the time she gets to his Montparnasse atelier, the precious painting has already been stolen, leaving Aimee smelling a rat. The next day, Yuri is found tortured to death in his kitchen. To top it all off, it looks like Aimee 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 Aimee 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, Rene doesn't need to worry. Aimee has things under control.

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Review:

Praise for "New York Times "Bestselling "Murder Below Montparnasse
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"Francophiles and mystery-novel lovers alike will devour investigator Aimee Leduc's latest outing, which takes her through the gorgeous if treacherous world of black-market art in Paris, as she safeguards a long-lost Modigliani painting."
--"Entertainment Weekly
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"As always, with airfares so high, Black offers armchair travelers a whirlwind trip through the City of Light."
--Carol Memmott, "USA Today
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"Aimee Leduc, the appealing sleuth in this series...is always zipping around on her pink Vespa, carrying out some "quick and dirty" computer security job. But she keeps up a running commentary on whatever quartier of the city her work takes her to. Here it's the unfashionable backside of Montparnasse.... This unassuming neighborhood is a rich one for the purposes of a plot that hangs on a Modigliani canvas and involves Russian emigres and Surrealist artists, including some who live on in legend."
--Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times Book Review
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"[Black's] tone is lighter than in most other Euro-noir. After all, this is Paris....The spice in this tale, set in 1998, involves a long-hidden, newly stolen Modigliani that Leduc is hired to retrieve. Before she can even begin hunting, her client is killed.... Fortunately, Leduc has a network of loyal friends to aid in her escapades. Pity the knife-wielding villain who offends that infallible sense of style."
--Tom Nolan, " The Wall Street Journal"
"Aimee Leduc is never less than chic."
--Adam Woog, "The Seattle Times""
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"Thoroughly and intriguingly plotted, as always...[grabs] the reader from its opening pages to its heart-rending denouement. Further, the Paris setting, especially its Montparnasse locale, is marvelously evoked by Black, a frequent visitor to France. A visitor she may be, but she writes of The City of Lights like a native Parisian."
--Ted Hertel, "Deadly Pleasures
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About the Author:

Cara Black is the author of thirteen books in the "New York Times "bestselling Aimee Leduc series. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son and visits Paris frequently.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1410460835
• ISBN 13: 9781410460837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 499