Murder in Montmartre

I got this book in a trade thinking it was some sort of translation of a French novel, but it is simply a book set in France by an American author. It becomes plain to see after a while. And of course, I get the sixth book in the series first. A French woman PI is supposed to meet a friend. The frien......more

I had high hopes for this book, a woman author (Cara Black) new to me, set in Paris, atmospheric cover—what's not to like? But the cover didn't carry it for me, nor did the series detective, Aimée Leduc, who seems to be able to run up a sleety, cobbled hill in Montmartre wearing heels. As great as I......more

Readable, just.......more

Aimee Leduc gets herself into a whole lot of trouble. Not just once, but in every one of the novels in Cara Black’s redoubtable series about the brilliant young Parisian private detective. She has a real talent for plunging into dangerous situations — and she’s got the scars to prove it. In Murder i......more

This is a book by an US author who likes France and used to live there. Her heroine is Amee Leduc, a PI parisien. And this is where the problems begin. In order to conjure some sort of parisien atmosphere, the author frequently uses French words In italics. So, “flics” are cops, I know that much. Ho......more