Huguette

I was very eagerly awaiting this book, which marries Cara Black’s interest in Paris and WWII with a great new female central character.  Black has made her name with her Aimée Leduc series featuring a private detective in 1990s Paris.  Her new book takes us back to the war where we discover, along with titular character Huguette, Aimée’s grandfather Claude, founder of the Leduc Detective Agency.  When the book opens, though, Claude is a policeman, or flic, just trying to hold on to his job. read more