by Cara Black
Part of Aimee Leduc Investigations, book 6
First published 2021
Aimée's friend Laure works as a policewoman in Paris. When Laure's partner Jacques arranges to meet an informer in Montmartre, he asks Laure to come as backup. The meeting goes wrong. Jacques gets lured onto an icy rooftop where someone shoots him dead. The evidence points to Laure. Her gun shows signs of firing, gunpowder coats her hands, and the police charge her with killing her partner. The force turns against her as a cop killer. Aimée refuses to believe Laure committed murder. She starts her own investigation to prove her friend's innocence. Her search takes her through Montmartre's underworld of separatist terrorists, prostitutes, and criminals. She meets a surrealist painter's stepdaughter and tangles with a corrupt Corsican bar owner. Along the way, she discovers "Big Ears," the French surveillance system that monitors all electronic communications. Finding Jacques' real killer might finally help Aimée solve the mystery that consumes her. Years ago, her father died in an explosion at Place Vendôme. She still needs to know who killed him.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, wrongly-accused
Setting: Montmartre, Paris, Place Vendôme
Period: contemporary
378 pages · Paperback · Soho Crime
Content warnings: violence