Audiobooks by Cara Black

In June of 1940, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Hitler spent a total of three hours in the City of Light- abruptly leaving, never to return. To this day, no one knows why. The New York Times bestselling author of the Aimée Leduc investigations reimagines history in a masterful, pulse-pounding spy thriller. Kate Rees, a young American markswoman, has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris with a dangerous assignment: assassinate the Führer. Wrecked by grief after a Luftwaffe bombing killed her husband and infant daughter, she is armed with a rifle, a vendetta, and a fierce resolve. But other than rushed and rudimentary instruction, she has no formal spy training. Thrust into the redhot center of the war, a country girl from rural Oregon finds herself holding the fate of the world in her hands. When Kate misses her mark and the plan unravels, she is on the run for her life-all the time wrestling with the suspicion that the whole operation was a set-up. Cara Black, doyenne of the Parisian crime novel, is at her best as she brings Occupation-era France to vivid life in this gripping story about one young woman with the temerity-and drive-to take on Hitler himself.

Cara Black (Author), Elisabeth Rodgers (Narrator)

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The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

Sixteen delightful holiday short stories by some of your favorite Soho Crime authors! Featuring short crime fiction by: Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Martin Limon, Timothy Hallinan, Mette Ivie Harrison, Colin Cotterill, Ed Lin, Stuart Neville, Tod Goldberg, Henry Chang, James R. Benn, Lene Kaaberbol & Agnete Friis, Gary Corby, Cara Black, Stephanie Barron, and Peter Lovesey This captivating collection of short mysteries and crime capers-which features New York Times bestselling authors, Crime Writers Association Gold and Diamond Dagger winners, and Edgar Award nominees-contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolo Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes's one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough's stolen diamonds. And other adventures will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to a Copenhagen refugee squat to a Thai street child's quest for the perfect gift for her friend.

Cara Black, Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Peter Lovesey (Author), Barbara Caruso, Carine Montbertrand, Elizabeth Sastre, John Keating, Jonathan Yen, Luis Moreno (Narrator)

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Murder on the Quai

The world knows Aimee Leduc, heroine of 15 mysteries in this New York Times bestselling series, as a tres chic, no-nonsense private investigator-the toughest and most relentless in Paris. Now author Cara Black dips back in time to reveal how Aimee first became a detective . . . November 1989: Aimee Leduc is in her first year of college at Paris's preeminent medical school. She lives in a 17th-century apartment that overlooks the Seine with her father, who runs the family detective agency. But the week the Berlin Wall crumbles, so does Aimee's life as she knows it. First, someone has sabotaged her lab work, putting her at risk of failing out of the program. Then, she finds out her aristo boyfriend is planning to get engaged to another woman. And finally, Aimee's father takes off to Berlin on a mysterious errand. He asks Aimee to help out at the detective agency while he's gone-as if she doesn't already have enough to do. But the case Aimee finds herself investigating-a murder linked to a transport truck of Nazi gold that disappeared in the French countryside during the height of World War II-has gotten under her skin. Her heart may not lie in medicine after all-maybe it's time to think harder about the family business.

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder on the Left Bank

The eighteenth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Parisian detective series! A dying man drags his oxygen machine into the office of Eric Besson, a lawyer in Paris's 13th arrondissement. The old man, an accountant, is carrying a dilapidated notebook full of meticulous investment records. For decades, he has been helping a cadre of dirty cops launder stolen money. The notebook contains his full confession-he's waited 50 years to make it, and now it can't wait another day. He is adamant that Besson get the notebook into the hands of La Proc, Paris's chief prosecuting attorney, so the corruption can finally be brought to light. But en route to La Proc, Besson's courier-his assistant and nephew-is murdered, and the notebook disappears. Grief-stricken Eric Besson tries to hire private investigator Aimee Leduc to find the notebook, but she is reluctant to get involved. Her father was a cop and was murdered by the same dirty syndicate the notebook implicates. She's not sure which she's more afraid of, the dangerous men who would kill for the notebook or the idea that her father's name might be among the dirty cops listed within it. Ultimately that's the reason she must take the case, which leads her across the Left Bank, from the Cambodian enclave of Khmer Rouge refugees to the ancient royal tapestry factories to the modern art galleries.

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder on the Ile Saint Louis: An Aimee Leduc Investigation

Facing a tight deadline on a computer security contract, Aimée responds to a telephone call from a stranger that leads her to an abandoned infant in a courtyard on the Ile Saint-Louis. She brings the baby home with her, calls her Stella, and awaits contact from the mother. But days pass, and no one reclaims the infant. Meanwhile, a group of environmental protestors is trying to stop the government from entering into a contract with an oil company notorious for pollution. As Aimée attempts to identify the baby's mother, two murders and an abortive bombing involving the protestors lead her-and little Stella-into danger. On the run in the sewers beneath the Seine, Aimée finally finds the woman she has been looking for, only to discover that the man she has fallen in love with is not who she thought he was.

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder on the Champ de Mars

The fifteenth mystery in Cara Black's New York Times-bestselling Aimee Leduc series takes us to the seventh arrondissement--the quartierof Paris's moneyed elite. A young manouche(French-born Gypsy) boy begs Aimee Leduc to come visit his ailing mother, who supposedly knows a secret behind Aimee's father's unsolved murder. Aimee reluctantly agrees to meet with her, only to discover that deathly ill manouche woman has been abducted from the hospital bed, pitting Aimee against the clock to find the woman--and learn her secret--before she dies without her medication. The New York Times-bestselling Aimee Leduc series is one of Soho's all-time bestselling mystery series. Cara's thirteenth Aimee Leduc novel, Murder Below Montparnasse, received excellent critical review coverage, made the New York Times-bestseller list and solidified Cara Black as a household name. Cara's fourteenth book, Murder in Pigalle, was accompanied by a month of book events that landed her on two national bestseller lists ( San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times) for several weeks. Paris, February 1998: Aimee Leduc has her work cut out for her--running her detective agency and fighting off sleep-deprivation as she tries to be a good single mother to her new bebe. The last thing she has time for now is to take on a personal investigation for a poor manouche (French Gypsy) boy. But he insists his dying mother has an important secret she needs to tell Aimee, something to do with Aimee's father's unsolved murder a decade ago. How can she say no? The dying woman's secret is even more dangerous than her son realized. When Aimee arrives at the hospital, the boy's mother has disappeared. She was far to sick to leave on her own--she must have been abducted. What does she know that is so important it is worth killing for? And will Aimee be able to find her before it is too late and the medication keeping her alive runs out? Set in the seventh arrondissment, the quartier of the Parisian elite, Murder on the Champ de Mars takes us from the highest seats of power in the Ministries and embassies through the city's private gardens and the homes of France's oldest aristocratic families. Aimee discovers more connections than she thought possible between the clandestine "Gypsy" world and the moneyed ancient regime, ultimately leading her to the truth behind her father's death . . . After all, for Aimee, murder is never far from home.

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder in the Sentier

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder in the Rue de Paradis

Recipient of a starred review from Library Journal, Cara Black's novel follows a chic heroine into the recesses of French society. When her ex-lover returns from Egypt, AimEe accepts his marriage proposal. The next day he's found dead, and she begins tracking clues pointing toward an international conspiracy.

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder in the Palais Royal

Cara Black has won fans around the globe for her Paris-based mysteries starring Aim'e Leduc. When suspicion falls on Aim'e after her partner is shot, the beleaguered sleuth must race to prevent more violence. 'The buzz is partly about her heroine's hip, next generation, cutting-edge investigations and partly about Paris, a setting of unrivaled charm.''Houston Chronicle

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder in the Marais

In Cara Black's 'accomplished, absorbing debut' (Kirkus Reviews), PI Aim'e Leduc must decrypt a digitized photo from the 1940s. But when Aim'e visits the historic Jewish quarter of Paris to deliver the picture, she finds its intended recipient murdered'and with a swastika carved in her aged forehead. 'Literate prose, intricate plotting, and multifaceted and unusual characters mark this excellent first mystery. Strongly recommended.''Library Journal

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder in the Latin Quarter

Cara Black's Aimée Leduc mystery series transports listeners to the streets of Paris for dark crime stories. Working in her office, Aimée is surprised by Mireille, a Haitian immigrant who claims to be her sister. But before Aimée can learn more, Mireille disappears, leaving only a note behind. Following up on the note, Aimée soon becomes wrapped up in a sprawling international conspiracy.

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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Murder in the Bastille

AimEe Leduc is all dressed up in her new Chinese silk jacket, supposedly an "exclusive," for dinner with a difficult client at an elegant restaurant in the Bastille district. She is chagrined to see that the woman seated at the very next table is wearing an identical jacket. When the woman leaves her cell phone on the table, AimEe follows her to return it and is attacked in the shadowy Passage Boule Blanche. When she regains consciousness, AimEe finds that she is blind. Nevertheless, she is told she is lucky; the woman she was following was found in the next passage, murdered. AimEe is determined to identify her attacker. Was he actually a serial killer targeting showy blondes as the police insist? Was he really after the other woman? Or was AimEe his intended victim? "Black's fourth is her best yet, with complex, appealing characters, a crisp, well-paced mystery, and a setting like no other."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Cara Black books are good companions, and Murder in the Bastille especially so. Fine characters, good suspense, but, best of all, they are transcendentally, seductively, irresistibly French. If you can't go, these will do fine. Or, better, go and bring them with you."-Alan Furst "Charming . AimEe is one of those blithe spirits who can walk you through the city's historical streets and byways with their eyes closed."-New York Times Book Review

Cara Black (Author), Carine Montbertrand (Narrator)

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