by Cara Black
Part of Aimee Leduc Investigations, book 16
First published 2017
November 1989. The Berlin Wall falls as Aimée Leduc's world collapses around her. Someone sabotages her medical school lab work, threatening her future as a doctor. Her aristocratic boyfriend announces his engagement to another woman. Then her father disappears to Berlin on secret business, leaving Aimée to manage his detective agency alone. She already struggles with her studies, but now a murder case demands her attention. The victim connects to a transport truck filled with Nazi gold that vanished in the French countryside during World War II. As Aimée digs deeper into wartime secrets, she discovers her true calling may not lie in medicine. The family business pulls at her in ways she never expected. This investigation will determine not just who committed murder, but whether Aimée will follow her father's footsteps as a detective.
Genres: historical-fiction, suspense, mystery, crime
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-detective, family-legacy
Setting: Berlin, France
Period: 1989, World War II
316 pages · Paperback · Soho Crime