When a mysterious visitor promises contact with her long-lost mother, Aimee Leduc finds herself hot on the trail of the Seventies radicals with whom her mother was evidently associated. The result is not just good suspense but an affecting and realistic psychological study of a daughter's coming to [...]

"Conveys vividly those layers of history that make the stones of Paris sing for so many of us."--"Chicago Tribune" "Charming. . . . Aime is one of those blithe spirits who can walk you through the city's historical streets and byways with their eyes closed."--Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times Book[...]

A Haitian woman arrives at the office of Leduc Detective and announces that she is Aimee's sister, her father's illegitimate daughter. Aimee is thrilled. A virtual orphan since her mother's disappearance and her father's death, she has always wanted a sister. Her partner, Rene, is wary of this stran[...]

Aimee Leduc, a Parisian private investigator, has always sworn she would stick to tech investigation--no criminal cases for her. Especially since her father, the late police detective, was killed in the line of duty. But when an old Jewish man approaches Aimee with a top-secret decoding job on behal[...]

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[...]

"New York Times Bestseller" Cara Black's fashionable Parisian P.I. Aimee Leduc has a new look for her 14th adventure: five months pregnant.
June, 1998 Paris's sticky summer heat is even more oppressive than usual as rowdy French football fans riot in anticipation of the World Cup. Private Invest[...]

Once filled with fashionable mansions the historic Sentier district of Paris has nowadays fallen on hard times, housing the rag trade alongside sleazy nightclubs. Aimee Leduc finds herself drawn to the area when a woman, newly released from prison, tells her she knew Aimee's long-lost mother.[...]