Murder at La Villette

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Parisian private investigator Aime Leduc has been framed for the murder of her daughters fathernow shes on the lam, and must find the real killer to clear her name in this thrilling 21st installment of Cara Blacks New York Times bestselling mystery series.

Parisian private investigator Aime Leduc doesnt know that her life is about to be upended. Her ex, Melac, has been hounding her to move their daughter, Chlo, to Brittany. Aime is fed up with his threats to take her to court and has stopped answering his calls. Which is why she doesnt know hes waiting for her by the Bassin de la Villette as she leaves a clients office late one night. When she finds him there, bleeding in the canal, he has just been stabbed by an assailant, who knocks Aime unconscious and plants the bloody knife in her hands.

Now Aime is in police custody, debilitated by a concussion, with overwhelming evidence pointing to her as Melacs killer. She must figure out who murdered Melacnot an easy job, given the target on his back as a former homicide investigator. Cut off from her typical network and forced to operate under multiple layers of cover, Aime must go deep into the underbelly of Pariss 19th arrondissement, where she rubs shoulders with biker gangs, paranoid journalists, grieving parents, and frustratingly tight-lipped ex-cops on her hunt for justice.