MURDER BELOW MONTPARNASSE: An Aimee Leduc Investigation by Black, Cara - 2013

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2013. 1st edition A fine , unread copy of the Advance Uncopyedited edition. 336 pages. The cobbled streets of Montparnasse might have been boho-chic in the 1920s, when artists, writers, and their muses drank absinthe and danced on cafe tables. But to Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc, these streets hold darker secrets. When an old Russian man named Yuri hires Aimée to protect a priceless painting that just might be a Modigliani, she learns how deadly art theft can be. Yuri is found tortured to death in his atelier, and the painting is missing. Every time Aimée thinks she's found a new witness, the body count rises. What exactly is so special about this painting that so many people are willing to kill--and die--for it? . First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof.