Another book in the series on private investigator Aimee Leduc. Her new client Suzanne Lesage is a Brigade Criminelle agent who works in counterterrorism. Suzanne thinks she is being stalked by a Serbian warlord that she killed.. Aimee agrees to investigate but all evidence points to the warlord being dead until members of Suzanne's team begin to turn up dead in strange accidents. Is Mirko Vladic alive?

I love, love, love French private detective, Aimée Leduc! This series is like sitting down to a cup of espresso and a slice of tarte tatin, I have to pace myself. When it comes to Parisian ambiance, Cara Black does not disappoint.

Aimée is juggling her young daughter, an on-site computer security job, a possible blackmail, the return of her baby’s father and a host of other nuisances in the broiling August heat on the back of her unreliable pink Vespa. She doesn’t really have time to take on another investigation but her old friend Suzanne Lesage, is haunted by events she experienced during her stint in Serbia as part of an elite counter-terrorism team. Suzanne swears that the vicious war criminal Mirko Vladi is back from dead. When other members of the French team start dying, Aimée must contend with the consequences of a possible conspiracy and the safety of her child.

This is the 17th book in the series. You don’t have to read the series in order but, if you haven’t read these books yet, it’s easy to get hooked. The author is a master at running different plot lines at one time and her reoccurring characters and their backstories are fascinating.

Aimee is a private investigator who uses her computer knowledge to look for fraud or other illegal activity. When she's working on an assignment that pays her well, one of the teachers comes to her asking for help. She doesn't want to work for him but he's willing to pay well and just wants to know who is blackmailing him. He won't tell her why but she's going to give it a shot. She'll be sorry she got involved.

Soho Press and Edelweiss gave me the opportunity to read this book for review (thank you). It will be published June 6th.

As if working two jobs isn't enough, a friend calls in a debt that Aimee owes her. She's sure she's seen a Bosnian war criminal at the local coffee shop. She's afraid he's after her. Aimee finds no confirmation he's around but when members of Suzanne's squad end up dead she's pretty sure who's killing them.

I really like her team of professionals, her little girl, her partner and her focus on her job. She's willing to do whatever she must to get to the bottom of her case. Her father's words ring in her ears while she does things just like he would. She misses him but he's not gone. He still speaks to her.

This is tense tale with lots of action on all sides. There are games being played on all sides and none of them are nice. The tension ratchets up until everything blows up. Aimee walks away alive but she's going to have to go out of town for a while. She got too much attention.

The ending is a set up for the next book. She goes to the hospital to see her godfather. He has betrayed her in the past and she hates and loves him both. I wonder what he's going to tell her...

The latest installment of the Aimee Leduc series finds Aimee balancing motherhood and work. Aimee finds herself embroiled in two mysteries, one blackmail, the other a complicated plot involving a team in Bosnia and a supposedly dead murderer. As usual, Aimee is on the side of right while battling corruption. I love these mysteries set in Paris, with such a strong female lead.