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  • Published: 30 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9781616959005
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $32.99

Murder in Saint-Germain




The seventeenth book in Cara Black's New York Times bestselling Parisian detective series.

Los Angeles Times National Bestseller
A BBC Best Summer Read of 2017
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017 
A Huffington Post Best Mystery of 2017

Paris, July 1999: Private investigator Aimée Leduc is walking through Saint-Germain when she is accosted by Suzanne Lesage, a Brigade Criminelle agent on an elite counterterrorism squad. Suzanne has just returned from the former Yugoslavia, where she was hunting down dangerous war criminals for the Hague. Back in Paris, Suzanne is convinced she’s being stalked by a ghost—a Serbian warlord her team took down. She’s suffering from PTSD and her boss thinks she’s imagining things. She begs Aimée to investigate—is it possible Mirko Vladić could be alive and in Paris with a blood vendetta?

Aimée is already working on a huge case; plus, she’s got an eight-month-old baby to take care of. But she can’t say no to Suzanne, whom she owes a big favor. Aimée chases the few leads she has, and all evidence confirms Mirko Vladić is dead. It seems that Suzanne is in fact paranoid, perhaps losing her mind—until Suzanne’s team begins to die in a series of strange, tragic accidents. Are these just coincidences? Or are things not what they seem?

  • Published: 30 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9781616959005
  • 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 in Saint-Germain

Praise for Murder on the Quai

"The case is engrossing, complete with Vichy flashbacks, but the most fun are the scenes where Aimée meets her future partners and acquires Miles Davis, her beloved bichon frisé. One caveat: For such a clotheshorse, Aimée doesn't do nearly enough shopping."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"The much-anticipated origin story of how lendary--and legendarily chic--French private investigator Aimée Leduc became the super sleuth she is today."--Woman's World

"This vivid prequel... alternates between Aimée's investigation and violent events in November 1942 in a small village in Vichy France that may be at the root of several killings. As Aimée becomes a target and her father's trip grows complicated, Black reveals why Aimee chooses to pursue the family business."--BBC

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