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    Murder in Clichy
    Murder in Clichy
    Murder in Clichy
    Audiobook10 hours

    Murder in Clichy

    Written by Cara Black

    Narrated by Carine Montbertrand

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Spirited AimEe Leduc, a private investigator based in Paris, has been introduced to the Cao Dai temple by her partner, RenE, who urges her to learn to meditate as a counterbalance to her frenetic lifestyle. A Vietnamese nun asks her for a favor-to hand over a check and bring a package back to the temple. But this act of kindness ends in a stranger's death and leaves her with a bullet wound in the arm, a check for 50,000 francs and a trove of ancient jade artifacts whose provenance is a mystery. The French secret service, a group of veterans of the war in Indochina, some wealthy ex-colonials, and contending international oil companies all claim the jade. They will stop at nothing to gain possession of it. And the nun has disappeared. AimEe has promised to avoid danger, but it continues to seek her out. "If the cobblestones could talk, they might tell a tale as haunting as the one Cara Black spins."-New York Times Book Review "One of the best new writers in the field today."-Publishers Weekly, starred review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 8, 2011
    ISBN9781456123062
    Murder in Clichy
    Author

    Cara Black

    Cara Black is the author of nineteen books in the New York Times bestselling Aimée Leduc series. She has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, and her books have been translated into German, Norwegian, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son. She can be found tweeting at @carablack.

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    • 4/5
      A Vietnamese nun, Linh, asks Aimee if she will go Clichy to exchange an envelope for a package. Recipient Barat is shot and dies in Aimee's arms. The RG - the French secret service; a group of veterans of the war in Indochina and some wealthy ex-colonials and international corporations seeking oil rights are all implicated. The nun, Linh, has disappeared. Aimee has promised to avoid danger. But somehow, it continues to seek her out. I find Cara Black's books to be easy reading and atmospheric. I've enjoyed this one the best so far. Paris is definitely a character in her books and Aimee DeLuc and Rene are enjoyable too. Looking forward to reading the next book and recommend if you enjoy reading about Paris.
    • 4/5
      Another charming thriller set in Paris by author Cara Black. Aimee Leduc, is suffering still from an injury to her optic nerve from her last case. To hasten healing she has been enjoined by her doctor (and boyfriend) to avoid stress. She has promised everyone that her company, Leduc Detective Agency will avoid criminal matters and concentrate on corporate and computer security. She has even given up cigarettes, drinks herbal tea and taken up meditation classes at the local Cao Dai temple. After a mediation class with her partner, Rene, she is asked to perform a small favor by a Cao Dai nun: deliver an envelope and pick up a package in return. When she tries to demur, Rene pushes her on -- such a simple thing. How hard can it be? Indeed. Within a few short pages, Mostly setting the atmosphere of the Clichy neighborhood, Aimee has met Thadee Baret, only to see him murdered in a hail of bullets, and to find many small carved jade objects in the backpack he'd just slipped to her. With this rollicking start, the mystery races on.I have been enjoying this series. Black writes in a fast paced, almost cinematic prose. Each of her mysteries has been centered in a different neighborhood of Paris. The telling detail is woven throughout, without that sense of 'Hey, I've done the research, here it all is'. I was unaware of Cao Dai and this has encouraged me to investigate further. I've been reading the series out of order, and have not felt this to be much of a detriment.
    • 3/5
      I don’t read much fiction and haven’t read a mystery in… who knows how long. I picked this one up because it used Cao Dai as a major drive behind the plot.The book was fine, I guess. Nothing special. The writing was decent, the ending made sense… about the only part that drove me nuts was the chapter where the lead character jumped on stage with a rock band and the chase that ensued. It felt really, really awkward and out of place, like it belonged in a crappy Hollywood blockbuster.I also got annoyed at how the main character would always sneak into random places, like through the backdoor of a house to hide from someone, and the people inside the house would never think it odd that a random person (who they always assumed was someone else) was standing there. Contrived.All-in-all, an alright book, but I doubt I’ll be reading any others in the series.