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Title: Murder in the Marais by Cara Black ISBN: 1-56947-212-2 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.69 (32 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Flashback to World War II Paris
Comment: Aimee Leduc, a private investigator specializing in corporate security, is approached by a rabbi to decipher a fifty year old encrypted photograph and place it in the hands of Lili Stein. When she arrives at Lili's apartment in the Marais, the old Jewish quarter of Paris, she finds a corpse on whose forehead is carved a swastika. Fifty years ago, the probable appointee for Prime Minister was about to sign a treaty with Germany that would severely restrict immigration, reminiscent of the Vicy laws. With the help of her partner, a dwarf with extraordinary computer hacking skills, Aimee is determined to solve this horrendous crime. More murders follow. Her search for the killer leads her to a German war veteran involved in the 1940's with a Jewish girl he was supposed to send to her death. Action is aplenty with Aimee, and the occupation of Paris is detailed in this first of a series. Although the reading of Black's novel is easier than one by Janes on the Paris Occupation, it lacks the realism of the latter's mysteries. However, for those of you who are strong female fans or dwarf fans or WWII aficionados, Murder in the Marais is a must.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hang on tight
Comment: "Aimee Leduc felt his presence before she saw him. As if ghosts floated in his wake in the once elegant hall. She paused, pulling her black leather jacket closer against the Parisian winter morning slicing through her building, and reached for her keys." After the first three lines of Murder in the Marais, we know we are in the hands of a gifted story teller, someone we can trust to take us on a roller coaster ride above and below the streets of Paris. Along the way we meet a fascinating cast of characters: Aimee's partner Rene, a computer hacking dwarf, Leah, the button expert, several handsome neo-Nazis, and a wide assortment of men and women who are not what they seem. Aimee is a well-drawn protagonist, bright and tenacious, who will stop at nothing to exorcize the ghosts of a dark Parisian past. Hired to solve a simple encryption problem, Aimee is pulled into a maelstrom of deceit, ambition, and retribution, beginning with the mutilated body of an elderly Jewish woman, her forehead engraved with a swastika. To find the killer, Aimee must search the shadow side of the City of Light, both past and present, acquiring powerful enemies wherever she goes. Themes of love, loss and identity are skillfully woven through the breakneck action of this sensational mystery as Aimee is forced to confront her own ghosts, as well as those of Vichy France. The twists can be dizzying at times, but we are confident that the author will pull all the threads together by the end of the ride. Ms. Black has created a vivid setting, physically and emotionally, with enough sights, sounds and smells to bring the Marais alive. I can't wait to go back
Rating: 3
Summary: The female equivalent to the traditional macho gumshoe
Comment: The plot is quite fascinating, bringing together strands from history, contemporary politics and a love for the streets of Paris. But Aimee Leduc is too good to be true: a brilliant sleuth, with wide connections in French politics, physically tough, beautiful, resourceful, imaginative and a talented computer hacker. Not quite believable.
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Title: Murder in Belleville by Cara Black ISBN: 1569472793 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Murder in the Sentier by Cara Black ISBN: 1569473315 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Murder in the Bastille by Cara Black ISBN: 1569473242 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: A French Country Murder by Peter Steiner ISBN: 0312306873 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 12 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: A Noble Radiance by Donna Leon ISBN: 0142003190 Publisher: Penguin USA (Mm) Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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