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HTML: Parisian P.I. Aimée Leduc finds herself caring for an abandoned infant while trying to track down the childâ??s missing mother Aimée Leduc is on a tight work deadline when an anonymous call leads her to an abandoned infant in her building's courtyard. Aimée's search for little Stella's mother that will soon have her on the run from a cold-hearted killer and embroiled in a conflict between oil tycoons and environmental protesters.
Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc is working on a tight deadline for a cybersecurity contract when she gets a phone call that disrupts all her progress. The female voice on the other end begs Aimée to go out into her courtyard, insists that her life is in danger, that Aimée must not call the police, then hangs up. Aiméeâ??s project is in jeopardy, and her partner, René, will be furious if she botches this assignment, but she canâ??t ignore the distress in the mysterious callerâ??s voice. That doesnâ??t mean sheâ??s prepared for what she finds in the courtyard, though: a newborn baby, wrapped in a blood-stained beaded jacket.
Aimée wants to track down the babyâ??s mother, but when a young womanâ??s body washes up in the Seine on the shores of the Ile Saint-Louis, the little island where Aimée herself lives, she realizes the situation is very dangerous. Paris has been rife with bomb threats linked to protesting environmental groups, and with a little investigating Aimée becomes convinced the baby, the body in the Seine, and the protests are somehow linked. Not that Aimée can afford distraction from her paying work right nowâ??Leduc Detective is in bad financial straits. But despite themselves, Aimée and René have both fallen in love with the baby girl, whom Aimee nicknames Stella. Taking care of Stellaâ??s needsâ??and protecting her from whoever hurt or killed her missing motherâ??must take priority over their computer security contract with a big publicity firm. Meanwhile, sheâ??s following leads to the infantâ??s mother that take her to a radical dispossessed Polish prince, a community of homeless people who live in the sewer caves of the Seine, and a sexy documentary film maker. Can Aimée finish her security job, figure out who Stella belongs to, track down the missing mother, and protect herself and her friends fro… (mere) |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. | |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. | |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. | |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. 'It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. '
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. In memory of the deportees on
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September, 1942, the real Stella,
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. Aimée Leduc sensed the scent of spring in the air rising from the Seine and spilling through her open balcony doors. | |
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HTML:Parisian P.I. Aimée Leduc finds herself caring for an abandoned infant while trying to track down the childâ??s missing mother
Aimée Leduc is on a tight work deadline when an anonymous call leads her to an abandoned infant in her building's courtyard. Aimée's search for little Stella's mother that will soon have her on the run from a cold-hearted killer and embroiled in a conflict between oil tycoons and environmental protesters.
Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc is working on a tight deadline for a cybersecurity contract when she gets a phone call that disrupts all her progress. The female voice on the other end begs Aimée to go out into her courtyard, insists that her life is in danger, that Aimée must not call the police, then hangs up. Aiméeâ??s project is in jeopardy, and her partner, René, will be furious if she botches this assignment, but she canâ??t ignore the distress in the mysterious callerâ??s voice. That doesnâ??t mean sheâ??s prepared for what she finds in the courtyard, though: a newborn baby, wrapped in a blood-stained beaded jacket.
Aimée wants to track down the babyâ??s mother, but when a young womanâ??s body washes up in the Seine on the shores of the Ile Saint-Louis, the little island where Aimée herself lives, she realizes the situation is very dangerous. Paris has been rife with bomb threats linked to protesting environmental groups, and with a little investigating Aimée becomes convinced the baby, the body in the Seine, and the protests are somehow linked. Not that Aimée can afford distraction from her paying work right nowâ??Leduc Detective is in bad financial straits. But despite themselves, Aimée and René have both fallen in love with the baby girl, whom Aimee nicknames Stella. Taking care of Stellaâ??s needsâ??and protecting her from whoever hurt or killed her missing motherâ??must take priority over their computer security contract with a big publicity firm. Meanwhile, sheâ??s following leads to the infantâ??s mother that take her to a radical dispossessed Polish prince, a community of homeless people who live in the sewer caves of the Seine, and a sexy documentary film maker. Can Aimée finish her security job, figure out who Stella belongs to, track down the missing mother, and protect herself and her friends fro ▾Biblioteksbeskrivelser af bogens indhold No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThingmedlemmers beskrivelse af bogens indhold |
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The protestors are trying to get the French government to not accept a contract with a company responsible for environmental destruction. Aimee names the baby Stella and does her best to keep her safe while she digs further into the environmental group in hopes of locating the mother - or confirming that the mother is the dead woman. Aimee's professional duties mix with personal as she finds herself falling in love.
Enjoyable mystery with a bit of a surprise ending, memorable characters, straightforward writing. The author is a Francophile who lives in San Francisco. We can deduce that she is not French from the descriptions of French customs and locations, clearly meant for those unfamiliar. (