Aim├(R)e Leduc is happy that her long-time business partner Ren├(R) has found a girlfriend. Really, she is. It's not her fault if she can't suppress her doubts about the relationship; Ren├(R) is moving way too fast, and Aim├(R)e's instincts tell her Meizi, this supposed love of Ren├(R)'s life, isn't trustworthy. And her misgivings may not be far off the mark. Meizi disappears during a Chinatown dinner to take a phone call and never comes back to the restaurant. Minutes later, the body of a young man, a science prodigy and volunteer at the nearby Mus├(R)e, is found shrink-wrapped in an alley--with Meizi's photo in his wallet.
Aim├(R)e does not like this scenario one bit, but she can't figure out how the murder is connected to Meizi's disappearance. The dead genius was sitting on a discovery that had France's secret service keeping tabs on him. Now they're keeping tabs on Aim├(R)e.
A missing young woman, an illegal immigrant raid in progress, botched affairs of the heart, dirty policemen, the French secret service, cutting-edge science secrets, and a murderer on the loose--what has she gotten herself into? And can she get herself--and her friends--back out of it all alive?
About the Author :
Cara Black is the author of the popular Aimée Leduc mystery series. She is a San Francisco Library Laureate and a member of the Paris Sociéte Historique in the Marais. Her book Murder in the Sentier was nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Novel, and Murder in the Latin Quarter was a finalist for the Best Novel Award from the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association.
Rebecca Gibel (a.k.a. Kasha Kensington) is a audiobook narrator and stage actress who has performed in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Camelot (IRNE Award nomination), Urinetown (Denver Post Ovation Award nomination), and Othello. She won the Denver Post Readers' Choice Award for Best Year by an Actress. She is a graduate of the Brown University Trinity Rep MFA acting program, where she was the Stephen Sondheim Fellow.
Review :
Black expertly weaves the social issues of Chinese sweatshops and illegal immigrants with current science and computer technology, fourteenth-century Templars and guilds, and the local police and French secret service.
-- "Columbus Dispatch"
One of the most atmospheric crime novels I've read in a long time.
-- "Bookreporter"
Outstanding...Readers will relish realistic villains and an evocative atmosphere that begs for a trip to the City of Lights.
-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
Perfectly plotted...Filled with evocative details and quirky characters as delightful as the smell of a fresh-baked baguette.
-- "Barnes & Noble"
The pace accelerates as fast as Aimee's Vespa...Murder at the Lanterne Rouge is wonderfully plotted, and Cara Black ties together the past and present with elan.
-- "New York Journal of Books"
