by Cara Black
Part of Aimee Leduc Investigations, book 7
First published 2007
Aimée Leduc discovers an infant left alone in a courtyard on the Ile Saint-Louis after responding to a mysterious phone call. The Parisian private investigator takes the baby home and names her Stella, expecting the mother to return quickly. Days pass without contact. Aimée faces pressure from a looming computer security deadline while searching for the child's family. Environmental activists campaign against a government oil contract, staging protests throughout the city. Two killings occur as Aimée investigates the baby's origins. A failed bombing connects the deaths to the environmental group. Aimée and Stella flee through the underground sewers beneath the Seine as danger closes in. The detective finally locates the woman she has been seeking. Her discovery coincides with a shocking revelation about the man she loves, forcing her to question everything she believed about him.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Ile Saint-Louis, Paris, Seine
Period: contemporary
304 pages · Hardcover · Soho Crime