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  • Published: 1 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9781616953294
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $32.99

Murder Below Montparnasse




The breakout 13th novel in the Aimée Leduc series--positioned to make Cara Black a household name.

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

The cobbled streets of Montparnasse might have been boho-chic in the 1920s, when artists, writers, and their muses drank absinthe and danced on cafe tables. But to Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc, these streets hold darker secrets. When an old Russian man named Yuri hires Aimée to protect a priceless painting that just might be a Modigliani, she learns how deadly art theft can be. Yuri is found tortured to death in his atelier, and the painting is missing. Every time Aimée thinks she's found a new witness, the body count rises. What exactly is so special about this painting that so many people are willing to kill—and die—for it?

  • Published: 1 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9781616953294
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Cara Black

Cara Black lives in Noe Valley with her bookseller husband, Jun, owner of Foto-Graphix Books, and her son, Tate. She's a San Francisco Library Laureate, Macavity and three time Anthony award-nominee for her series, Aimée Leduc Investigations, set in Paris.

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Praise for Murder Below Montparnasse

"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

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