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The world knows Aimee Leduc, heroine of 15 mysteries in this New York Times bestselling series, as a tres chic, no-nonsense private investigator-the toughest and most relentless in Paris.

Paris, July 1999: Private investigator Aimee Leduc is walking through Saint-Germain when she is accosted by Suzanne Lesage, a Brigade Criminelle agent on an elite counterterrorism squad.

A childhood friend of Aimée, now a policewoman, is accused of shooting her partner.

Aimée Leduc is all dressed up in her new Chinese silk jacket, supposedly an "exclusive," for dinner with a difficult client at an elegant restaurant in the Bastille district.

Tension runs high in this working-class neighborhood as a hunger strike to protest strict immigration laws escalates among the Algerian immigrants.

Aimée Leduc is surprised by Mireille, a Haitian immigrant who claims to be her sister. But before Aimée can learn more, Mireille disappears, leaving only a note behind.

Private investigator Aimée Leduc must decrypt a digitized photo from the 1940s.

When suspicion falls on Aimée Leduc after her partner is shot, the beleaguered sleuth must race to prevent more violence.

When her ex-lover returns from Egypt, Aimée accepts his marriage proposal. The next day he's found dead, and she begins tracking clues pointing toward an international conspiracy.

Set in 1994 Paris, Aimée Leduc fears that a 1960s Communist gang is on the loose--and her long-lost mother just may be one of them.

Aimée Leduc is faced with her most daunting challenge yet. Her godfather and mentor Commissaire Morbier is accused of murder, and it's up to Aimée to clear his name.

Cara Black has earned a devoted international following for her gripping mysteries set in France and starring the indomitable Aimée Leduc.