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A review by nonna7
Murder Below Montparnasse by Cara Black
4.0
I fell in love with Paris a long time ago. I fell in love with this series only a few years ago, but it's been my gateway to Paris now for the last several years. I love Aimee Leduc - smart, sexy, rides around in a faded pink Vespa, has a beretta which she uses sparingly, a wide variety of phony business cards and id's as she pursues her next case at Leduc Detective Agency while simultaneously running a computer security company.
In the past she could rely on her business partner, Rene, to run that side of the business. However, Rene has left her behind to pursue an impressive offer from a Silicon Valley company. Meanwhile, Aimee has been given a 5000 Franc (these stories do NOT take place in the present) retainer to find a lost Modigliani that is a never before seen portrait of Vladimir Lenin when he was in exile in Paris.
For both Rene and Aimee things are not what they seem. Yuri, the man who hired Aimee, is found tortured to death and the painting is nowhere to be found. He had a relationship with her mother, someone Aimee has not seen she was 8 yrs old when her mother disappeared. Renee discovers that his Silicon Valley employers are not what he expected.
I'm not going to spoil the surprise, but there's a BIG one at the end! Loved this one as I have Ms. Black's previous books.
In the past she could rely on her business partner, Rene, to run that side of the business. However, Rene has left her behind to pursue an impressive offer from a Silicon Valley company. Meanwhile, Aimee has been given a 5000 Franc (these stories do NOT take place in the present) retainer to find a lost Modigliani that is a never before seen portrait of Vladimir Lenin when he was in exile in Paris.
For both Rene and Aimee things are not what they seem. Yuri, the man who hired Aimee, is found tortured to death and the painting is nowhere to be found. He had a relationship with her mother, someone Aimee has not seen she was 8 yrs old when her mother disappeared. Renee discovers that his Silicon Valley employers are not what he expected.
I'm not going to spoil the surprise, but there's a BIG one at the end! Loved this one as I have Ms. Black's previous books.