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Cara Black frequents a Paris little known outside the beaten tourist track. A Paris she discovers on research trips and interviews with French police, private detectives and café owners. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and their teenage son. She is a San Francisco Library Laureate and a member of the Paris Sociéte Historique in the Marais. Her nationally bestselling and award nominated Aimée Leduc Investigation series has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, German and Hebrew. She received the Medaille de la Ville de Paris for services to French culture. She's included in the GREAT WOMEN MYSTERY WRITERS by Elizabeth Lindsay 2nd editon published in the UK. Her first three novels in the series MU ...more

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	Three Hours in Paris (Kate Rees, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 9,378 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 8,812 ratings — published 1999 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in Belleville (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #2) 3.49 avg rating — 2,848 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Sentier (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #3) 3.68 avg rating — 2,173 ratings — published 2002 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Bastille (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #4) 3.72 avg rating — 1,823 ratings — published 2003 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Flight to Paris (Kate Rees, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 1,757 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #7) 3.80 avg rating — 1,684 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in Montmartre (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #6) 3.69 avg rating — 1,696 ratings — published 2006 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Lanterne Rouge: (An Aimee Leduc Investigation #12) 3.66 avg rating — 1,649 ratings — published 2012 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder Below Montparnasse (Aimee Leduc Investigations #13) 3.61 avg rating — 1,610 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Death in the Cove (Inspector Ryga Mysteries #1)

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“The past informs the present. Memory makes the map we carry, no matter how hard we try to erase it.”
― Cara Black, Murder in the Bastille

tags: map, memory, past, present-moment

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“All the what ifs in life were encompassed in that long pause.”
― Cara Black, Murder in the Bastille

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“The nurse expelled air. “Who knows? The X-ray technicians went on strike. We’re run off our feet.” She hurried off to answer a doctor’s call from the corridor. Great. The season of grèves. Spring must be coming.”
― Cara Black, Murder Below Montparnasse

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Polls

Voting for August 2018 group read - set in France

Extraordinary People by Peter May

8 votes, 29.6%

The 7th Woman by Frédérique Molay

5 votes, 18.5%

Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker

4 votes, 14.8%

The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas

4 votes, 14.8%

The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas

3 votes, 11.1%

Irène by Pierre Lemaitre

2 votes, 7.4%

Murder in the Marais by Cara Black

1 vote, 3.7%

Jacquot and the Waterman by Martin O'Brien

0 votes, 0.0%

Death on the Marais by Adrian Magson

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