by Cara Black
Part of Aimee Leduc Investigations, book 14
First published 2014
Paris swelters in June 1998 as World Cup fever grips the city. Private investigator Aimee Leduc wants to take things easy now that she's five months pregnant. Her plans change when thirteen-year-old Zazie vanishes from the Pigalle district. The girl's parents own Aimee's favorite cafe, and they're frantic. A serial rapist has been stalking teenage girls through the neighborhood, following them home and attacking them in their houses. The police move too slowly for desperate parents who fear the worst. Zazie's mother and father turn to Aimee for help they can't get anywhere else. Aimee knows she should protect her unborn child and stay away from danger. But she can't abandon the scared girl or her family when they need her most.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, pregnancy
Setting: Pigalle, Paris
Period: 1998, June
310 pages · Hardcover · Soho Crime
Content warnings: sexual-assault, violence