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A video book review of Murder at La Villette by Cara Black. Reviewed by Michelle Zaffino for In the Stacks. https://www.inthestacks.tv/2025/01/in-the-stacks-230-murder-at-la-villette

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Murder on the Quai by Cara Black

Murder on the Quai by Cara Black

Murder on the Quai by Cara Black is the prequel in the Aimee Leduc series. This is a classical detective novel set in Paris, France. New to me author and my first book in the series. I LOVED this book. There was absolutely nothing about this book I would change. Perfection is a word I rarely use but this novel is about as close as it gets to literary perfection. Suspenseful, atmospheric,…

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Cara Black (b. November 14): "I’m an eavesdropper" & other quotes on writing

Cara Black (b. November 14): “I’m an eavesdropper” & other quotes on writing

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Cara Black, born 14 November 1951, is a best-selling American mystery writer best known for her Aimée Léduc novels featuring a female Paris-based private investigator.

Quotes on writing:

Write what you are passionate about – that’s the best advice I ever received.

I wanted to tell a story. Crime fiction is a great framework, a structure to hang a story.

Resear…

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Cara Black (b. November 14): "I’m an eavesdropper" & other quotes on writing

Cara Black (b. November 14): “I’m an eavesdropper” & other quotes on writing

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Cara Black, born 14 November 1951, is a best-selling American mystery writer best known for her Aimée Léduc novels featuring a female Paris-based private investigator.

Quotes on writing:

Write what you are passionate about – that’s the best advice I ever received.

I wanted to tell a story. Crime fiction is a great framework, a structure to hang a story.

Resear…

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MysteryPeople Q&A with Cara Black

We’re happy to be hosting Cara Black in conversation with Mark Pryor this Sunday, Mar 9th. Black will be discussing her latest, Murder in Pigalle. I know Mark’s going to have a fun time interviewing Cara about the book. We had the opportunity to ask her a few questions in advance.

MYSTERYPEOPLE: What differentiates Pigalle from the other neighborhoods in Paris?

CARA BLACK:Pigalle is Paris’s…

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Nothing To See Here

I am super excited to be included in a show of four photographers at the San Francisco Art Commission Gallery entitled Nothing To See Here. The show opens next week, and is curated by Aimee LeDuc, who seems pretty wonderful. She came to my studio last month to look at my new photos and discuss her ideas for the show.  

As I see it, the primary connection between the four photographers selected is a desire to learn from landscapes usually passed over. With the continuing compartmentalization of our land photographers have plenty of opportunity to continue the subversive desire to document areas officially considered "uninteresting". Often utilized for human purposes, these locations are intended as a means not an end. This in itself is not a new interest in photography - what was new to me was Aimee's thoughts about the landscape as a stage. This idea being that in our contemporary "first-world lifestyle" we have separated ourselves from the land to such an extent (through digital media, cars, clocks, supermarkets and the rest) that the landscape becomes an option, something to enter into but not something to daily contend with. 

I'm fairly fascinated with this theory - a modern view of this historical relationship; one that sees us not necessarily as having lost, but instead having altered our perspective. 

Install of Nothing to See Here at SFAC Gallery

Meanwhile, I want to give an official thank you to Damian Taylor (now at Reprint Mint in San Leandro). Damian and his impressive Light Jet printer/processor helped me out in a couple of pinches while getting ready for this show- always with a smile. If anyone is looking for high quality digital C-prints in the Bay Area (up to 53" I believe) with a kind, flexible, knowledgeable printer at the helm, willing to work with the crazy artist’s timeline, I can't recommend Damian highly enough. Email: damian"at"reprintmint . com 

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Murder in the Marais by Cara Black

The torn black-and-white snapshot with its smudged white margins showed a cafe scene next to a park full of children. People sat at the sidewalk care and stood in small groups. The ones standing were SS. Their back were turned, but she recognized the lightning bolts on the side of their collars.... Shaken, she stated at the photo. Sher's eaten at that cafe plenty of times, knew many of its habitues. But now she would always think of the Nazis who'd been there before her.

Black, Cara. (2003). Murder in the Marais. Soho Crime: New York, New York.

ISBN 1569471592

Series Aimee Leduc Investigations, #1

Appeal character-driven, suspenseful, strong sense of place, compelling

Annotation To catch a killer in the Marais who's victims span 50 years, private investigator Aimee Leduc must bring to light what others wish to forget.

Summary In Paris in 1993, Private Investigator Aimee Leduc is asked to decipher an encrypted photo from the 40s and deliver to the hands of Lili Stein who lives in the Marais, the historically Jewish neighborhood of Paris. But when Aimee arrives at the apartment, she finds the woman dead with a swastika carved into her forehead. Vowing to find her killer, Aimee must follow clues that lead her to deal with corrupt governmental officials, neo-nazis, and to uncover events from the Nazi occupation of Paris that many would like to stay in the past.

Evaluation Murder in the Marais is packed with action, Aimee Leduc is a strong and independent character, and Clara Black evokes a vivid picture of two cities- the Paris of the Nazi occupation and the Paris of the 1990s. The plot, at times, is a bit convoluted and hard to follow, but there is always a sense of excitement that makes you keep turning the page.

Rating 3/4 Quality, 3/4 Popularity

Genre fiction, mystery, crime