Murder at the Lanterne Rouge (An Aimée Leduc Investigation)

Aimee Leduc is happy her long-time business partner Rene has found a girlfriend. Really, she is. It s not her fault if she can t suppress her doubts about the relationship; Rene is moving way too fast, and Aimee s instincts tell her Meizi, this supposed love of Rene s life, isn t trustworthy. And her misgivings may not be far off the mark: Meizi disappears during a Chinatown dinner to take a phone call and never comes back to the restaurant. Minutes later, the body of a young man, a science prodigy and volunteer at the nearby Musee, is found shrink-wrapped in an alleyway with Meizi s photo in his wallet. Aimee does not like this scenario one bit, but she can t figure out how the murder is connected to Meizi s disappearance. The dead genius was sitting on a discovery that has France s secret service keeping tabs on him. Now they re keeping tabs on Aimee. A missing young woman, an illegal immigrant raid in progress, botched affairs of the heart, dirty policemen, the French secret service, cutting-edge science secrets and a murderer on the loose what has she gotten herself into? And can she get herself and her friends back out of it all alive?"