Murder in the Sentier

Aimee Leduc has just received an enigmatic phone call from a woman who claims that she knew Aimee’s mother.  Aimee questions how the woman knew her mother.  The response is as a cell mate.  Moments later the woman is at her door.  When invited in, she informs Aimee that her mother served time as a terrorist!

The woman demands fifty thousand francs for an address book and further information. Aimee has to borrow the funds from a friend.  Upon arriving at the place where they had agreed to meet, Aimee finds the woman shot through the head.  She calls for emergency services and then runs.

In search of answers, Aimee turns to another man, only to find out that he had committed suicide.  She then speaks to his son, who hires her to find out who is stalking him.  When returning to his apartment one evening she discovers it in flames.  She is knocked over the head while escaping the blaze.

Will Aimee ever find any answers about her mother?  She does learn more about her father as her investigation progresses, however.  But author Cara Black has lots of terrifying action ahead as Aimee’s investigation leads her into the past and the actions of terrorists as they try to recover money and more hidden in a secret place.  A good, quick read.