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Murder in the Bastille [Large Print] (Paperback)

by Cara Black (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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PI Aimee Leduc is in the dark not only figuratively but literally after a mysterious attack leaves her blinded at the start of her fourth absorbing Paris mystery (after 2002's Murder in the Sentier). Aimee and her partner, computer expert Ren‚ Friant, face dual dilemmas as a client's recalcitrance to comply with a court request coincides with Aimee's misfortune. The diminutive Ren‚ must become the eyes of the team while Aimee makes do as best she can with her other senses. Meanwhile, with her attacker still on the loose and the police off on a wrong scent chasing a serial killer, Aimee remains a vulnerable target. Black loads her plot with Eastern European thugs, aggressive developers and other familiar villains, but she compensates the reader with the rich ambiance of Paris as well as a realistic and moving account of Aimee's coming to terms with her new condition. Some readers may be annoyed by the use of French words and phrases not obvious from context, but for the rest of us these authentic touches will be as welcome as the fresh butter on our morning croissant.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great characters and ambiance, July 8 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: Murder in the Bastille (Paperback)
Black just keeps getting better and better, and "Murder in the Bastille" is her best Aimee Leduc mystery yet. Aimee's blindness has given her a depth that only comes throught trial and experience and Black has adroitly handled her heroine's inner growth. The independence that Aimee has shown in the previous books here takes on an edgy sadness that fills in her character and really brings her to life. Her partner, Rene, too, comes into his own in this 4th book of the series.

The plot of "Bastille" is smooth and the considerable action connects readily. As always, Paris itself is a character, and the dark dreams and gritty contemporary reality of the city are as rich and delicious as an espress on a rainy day. Escape to Paris as easily as opening the cover.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Aimee Leduc Storms the Bastille, Jan 21 2004
By James Paris "Tarnmoor" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Murder in the Bastille (Hardcover)
This is my first Aimee Leduc novel, and I am happy to say that it came as a pleasant surprise. On my previous visit to Paris (in 1999), I was startled to see tough paratroopers armed with automatic rifles at the Chatelet-Les Halles metro station patrolling the platforms and corridors. Paris is no longer the city of Maurice Chevalier, or even Georges Simenon: What we have here is a rougher and edgier city with a compact tourist core surrounded by miles of slumlike banlieus along the edges.

Cara Black's flics barely have the time to deal with murder, when other events like terror-driven explosions and a horrible TGV accident in the station. Rumanian thugs in cheap exercise suits abound, selling their muscle to developers and with an eye on the main chance, whatever it may be. The Bastille area, site of a notorious castle/prison torn down in 1789, is now dominated by the huge Opera Bastille. The local neighborhood, however, is being forcibly torn down and redeveloped.

In walks private investigator Aimee Leduc. In the first few pages of MURDER IN THE BASTILLE, she is brutally attacked in an alley and blinded as a result of a damaged artery. For most of the novel, she can see nothing around her. The onus for the investigation falls on her dwarfish partner Rene, with occasional help en passant from overburdened police officers who knew her father on the force.

I look forward to reading the other novels in the series.

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2.0 out of 5 stars booooooring, Oct 9 2003
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This review is from: Murder in the Bastille (Hardcover)
lots of misdirection and confusion with no conclusion.
stock characters left undeveloped.
paris-o-philes might like the scenery.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ever more fascinating
With each Aimee Leduc novel, Cara Black gets better--ever more deft and graceful at storytelling and characterization, while still giving us the intensity of Paris. Read more
Published on Oct 5 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Embraceable Aimee
Murder in the Bastille is the adventure that draws the reader to Aimee Leduc's side from the beginning. The story begins with Aimee in a restaurant. Read more
Published on Aug 9 2003 by Lisa S. Melnick

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