Murder in the Latin Quarter (An Aimee Leduc Investigation, Vol. 9)

A Haitian woman arrives at the office of Leduc Detective and announces that she is Aim?e’s sister, her father’s illegitimate daughter. Aim?e is thrilled. A virtual orphan since her mother’s disappearance and her father’s death, she has always wanted a sister. Her partner, Ren?, is wary of this stranger, but Aim?e embraces her and soon finds herself involved in murky Haitian politics leading to murder. The setting is the Latin Quarter on the Left Bank of the Seine, in the old university district of Paris. The ninth Aimée Leduc investigation set in ParisA Haitian woman arrives at the office of Leduc Detective proclaiming that she is Aimée Leduc's sister, her father's illegitimate daughter. Though her partner, René, is wary of this stranger, Aimée is thrilled; she has always wanted a sister. But before Aimée can get to know her, Mireille disappears. Worried about her sister and eager to learn if what she says is true, Aimée follows the only clue she has: a note Mireille left behind. On the note is the address to a university research center in the Latin Quarter; in the building, Aimée finds a corpse without an ear. This compelling mystery weaves together Haitian politics, history, and culture as Aimée tries to piece together what happened and searches for the sister she never knew she had. When a Haitian woman arrives at the Paris office of Leduc Detective and announces that she is P.I. Aime Leducs sister, Aime must dig into her fathers past to solve a murder A virtual orphan since her mothers desertion and her fathers death, Aime has always wanted a sister. She is thrilled. Her partner, Ren, however, is wary of this stranger. Under French law, even an illegitimate child would be entitled to a portion of her father's estate: the detective agency and apartment that Aime has inherited. He suspects a scam. But Aime embraces her newfound sibling and soon finds herself involved in murky Haitian politics and international financial scandals leading to murder in the Latin Quarter on the Left Bank of the Seine, the old university district of Paris.

Aimée finds herself involved in murky Haitian politics and murders on the Left Bank.

The Washington Post - Art Taylor

As usual, Cara Black trains her tour guide's eye on architectural and historical detail as Aimee's search for Mireille leads through a Latin Quarter thick with the whispers of ghosts and deep into the catacombs. Realism is occasionally strained…But the unfolding drama remains appealing, and surprises lie in wait for Aimee right up to a cliffhanger ending urging us on to the next installment.

Two weeks after Princess Diana's death in Paris in 1997, an illegal Haitian immigrant named Mireille walks into Aimée Leduc's office, claiming that Aimée's late father was also her father. Before Aimée can learn more, Mireille disappears, leaving only a cryptic note with an address in the Latin Quarter where the indomitable Parisian detective finds the corpse of a well-dressed black man with his ear cut off Aimee embraces her new-found sibling but soon finds herself involved in murky Haitian politics and international financial scandals leading to murder