Foreign Crimes in Foreign Climes: CARA BLACK and DAVID CORBETT
CARA BLACK and DAVID
CORBETT
Murder in the Palais
Royal
Do They Know I’m Running?
MURDER IN THE PALAIS
ROYAL is the tenth book in Cara Black’s Parisian crime series starring P.I.
Aimée Leduc. Last year’s Murder in the
Latin Quarter debuted at #1 on the San
Francisco Chronicle’s bestseller list, garnered much praise, and found
Black interviewed in the streets of
In Murder In The Palais Royal, Aimée’s business partner, René, has
been shot, and eyewitnesses have identified Aimée as the culprit. A mysterious
deposit has been made to their firm's bank account, interesting the taxman in
their affairs. Someone seems to be impersonating Aimée; someone wants revenge.
Two murders ensue. How do they relate to the youth whom Aimée's testimony sent
to jail in the very first Aimée Leduc investigation, Murder in the Marais?
“The ninth mystery in Cara Black’s irresistible series set
in
Cara Black is the
author of nine other novels in the best-selling Aimée Leduc series. She lives
in
DO THEY KNOW I’M
RUNNING? from acclaimed author David Corbett is a stunning and suspenseful
novel of a life without loyalties and the borders inside ourselves.
Roque Montalvo is wise beyond his eighteen years. Orphaned at birth, a
gifted musician, he’s stuck in a
But his cousin has told Roque only so much. In reality, he will have to
transport not just his uncle but two others: an Arab whose intentions are
disturbingly vague and a young beauty promised to a Mexican crime lord. Roque
discovers that his journey involves crossing more than one kind of border, and
he will be asked time and again to choose between survival and betrayal -- of
his country, his family, his heart.
David Corbett is the author of three critically acclaimed novels: The Devil’s Redhead, Done for a Dime, and Blood of Paradise, nominated for numerous awards, including the Edgar, and named one of the Top Ten Mysteries and Thrillers of 2007 by the Washington Post and a San Francisco ChronicleLas Vegas Noir, was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2009 Notable Book. His short fiction and essays have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies, and his story "Pretty Little Parasite," from
Las Vegas Noir, was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2009.
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