Murder in Bel-Air /
by Black, Cara [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Soho Press, [2019]Description: 294 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1616959290 :.Subject(s): Women private investigators -- France -- Paris -- Fiction | Leduc, Aimee (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Marais (Paris, France) -- Fiction | Mystery fictionSummary: Aimee Leduc is about to go onstage to give the keynote address at a tech conference that is sure to secure Leduc Detective some much-needed business contracts when she gets an emergency phone call from her daughter's playgroup: Aimee's own mother, who was supposed to pick up Chloe, never showed. Abandoning her hard-won speaking gig, Aimee rushes to get Chloe, annoyed that, yet again, her mother has let her down. But as Aimee and Chloe are leaving the playground, Aimee witnesses the body of a homeless woman being wheeled away from the neighboring convent, where nuns run a soup kitchen. The last person seen talking to the dead woman talking to was Aimee's mother--who has vanished. Trying to figure out what happened to Sydney Leduc, Aimee tracks down the dead woman's possessions, which include a huge amount of cash. What did Sydney stumble into? Is she in trouble?
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Aimee Leduc is about to go onstage to give the keynote address at a tech conference that is sure to secure Leduc Detective some much-needed business contracts when she gets an emergency phone call from her daughter's playgroup: Aimee's own mother, who was supposed to pick up Chloe, never showed. Abandoning her hard-won speaking gig, Aimee rushes to get Chloe, annoyed that, yet again, her mother has let her down. But as Aimee and Chloe are leaving the playground, Aimee witnesses the body of a homeless woman being wheeled away from the neighboring convent, where nuns run a soup kitchen. The last person seen talking to the dead woman talking to was Aimee's mother--who has vanished. Trying to figure out what happened to Sydney Leduc, Aimee tracks down the dead woman's possessions, which include a huge amount of cash. What did Sydney stumble into? Is she in trouble?
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