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Murder in Passy

When Aimee Leduc's godfather, Morbier, a police "commissaire," asks her to check on his girlfriend at her home there, Aimee finds Xavierre, a "haut bourgeois" matron of Basque origin, strangled in her garden while Aimee waits inside. Circumstantial evidence makes Morbier the...

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Main Author: Black, Cara, 1951-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Soho Press, c2011.
Series: Aimée Leduc investigation ; 11.
Subjects:
Leduc, Aimee (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women private investigators > France > Fiction.
16e Arrondissement (Paris, France) > Fiction.
Paris (France) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > France.
Summary: When Aimee Leduc's godfather, Morbier, a police "commissaire," asks her to check on his girlfriend at her home there, Aimee finds Xavierre, a "haut bourgeois" matron of Basque origin, strangled in her garden while Aimee waits inside. Circumstantial evidence makes Morbier the prime suspect, and to vindicate him, Aimee must identify the real killer.
Physical Description: 273 p. : map ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781569478820
1569478821
Author Notes: Cara Black was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 14, 1951. She was educated at Cañada College in California, Sophia University in Yotsuya, Tokyo in Japan, and finished her degree at San Francisco State University with a BA and an MA in education. She has worked as a preschool teacher and as director of a preschool.

Black is a bestselling American mystery writer. She is best known for her Aimée Léduc mystery novels featuring a female Paris-based private investigator. (Bowker Author Biography)

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