Beth G. (BethG) - , reviewed on 3/24/2010 + 108 more book reviews

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This is the first book of a series featuring Aimée Leduc, a private investigator specializing in computer investigation. The setting is Paris.

Ms. Black writing is in the tradition of "hard boiled" mysteries, with emphasis on action rather than the puzzle and there is lots of action. In the course of this book Aimée scrambles over roofs, gets hit on the head, shot at, and has her shoulder dislocated. She certainly earns her fee.

I was especially interested in the French background. I felt I really got a glimpse of what it is to live is Paris, though I doubt many Parisians spend this much time on roofs and in sewers.

Murder in the Marais is an interesting start to the series, and the French setting gives the book something special.

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