novels featuring American markswoman Kate Rees. Black has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year citation, the Médaille de la Ville de Paris—the Paris City Medal, which is awarded in recognition of contribution to international culture—and invitations to be the Guest of Honor at conferences such as the Paris Polar Crime Festival and Left Coast Crime.
Murder at la Villette, the 21st installment of her mystery series featuring Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc, is Black's new novel.
She applied the Page 69 Test to Murder at la Villette and reported the following:
From page 69:Visit Cara Black's website and follow her on Twitter, Instagram, and Threads.Aimée could do this. Couldn't she?Page 69 in Murder in La Villette would show a vital clue in my detective's investigation. Her ex, the murder victim, was looking for information on le Balafré, the serial killer who'd eluded the police for thirty years.
"Unrelated. But can you tell me what Melac requested?"
Emile expelled air from this mouth. "He wanted crimes in the nineteenth for the years 1986-1994. Homicides specifically related to le Balafré."
The serial killer. Again.
Page 69 to me plays fair to the reader since we find a clue, a breadcrumb that Aimée Leduc will follow to find more crumbs and lead to her unmasking the serial killer and who's responsible for her ex's murder. She's a suspect, the stakes are high for her if she doesn't find the real perpetrator so here, and throughout the book she's finding bits and pieces, crumbs, trying to figure this out and exonerate herself.
The Page 69 Test: Murder at the Lanterne Rouge.
My Book, the Movie: Murder at the Lanterne Rouge.
The Page 69 Test: Murder below Montparnasse.
The Page 69 Test: Murder in Pigalle.
My Book, The Movie: Murder in Pigalle.
My Book, The Movie: Murder on the Champ de Mars.
The Page 69 Test: Three Hours in Paris.
The Page 69 Test: Night Flight to Paris.
Writers Read: Cara Black.
--Marshal Zeringue
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