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Cara Black

(b.1951)

Cara Black lives in San Francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and their teenage son.

Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery, General Fiction

Series

Aimee Leduc
   1. Murder in the Marais (1999)
   2. Murder in Belleville (2000)
   3. Murder in the Sentier (2002)
   4. Murder in the Bastille (2003)
   5. Murder in Clichy (2005)
   6. Murder in Montmartre (2006)
   7. Murder on the Ile Saint-louis (2007)
   8. Murder in the Rue de Paradis (2008)
   9. Murder in the Latin Quarter (2009)
   10. Murder in the Palais Royal (2010)
   11. Murder in Passy (2011)
   The Aimee Leduc Companion (2011)
   12. Murder at the Lanterne Rouge (2012)
   13. Murder Below Montparnasse (2013)
   14. Murder in Pigalle (2014)
   15. Murder on the Champ de Mars (2015)
   16. Murder on the Quai (2016)
   17. Murder in Saint Germain (2017)
   18. Murder on the Left Bank (2018)
   19. Murder in Bel Air (2019)
   20. Murder at the Porte de Versailles (2022)
   21. Murder at la Villette (2024)

Kate Rees WWII
1. Three Hours in Paris (2020)
2. Night Flight to Paris (2023)

Collections

Shaken (2011) (with others)

Books containing stories by Cara Black

Witnesses for the Dead (2022)
edited by
Gar Anthony Haywood, Gary Philips and Gary Phillips

Sherlock Holmes: A Detective's Life (2022)
edited by
Martin Rosenstock

California Schemin' (2020)
The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology
(Bouchercon Anthology)
edited by
Art Taylor

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Award nominations

	2024 Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel (nominee) : Night Flight to Paris
	2003 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Murder in the Sentier
	2000 Macavity Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Murder in the Marais
	2000 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Murder in the Marais

Cara Black recommends

Redemption (2023)
(Eva 'Lightning Dance' Duran, book 1)
Deborah J Ledford
"Redemption, by Deborah J. Ledford, gets under your skin. Fresh and ferocious Native American deputy Eva 'Lightning Dance' Duran never lets up in her quest woven through the Taos Pueblo land. Atmospheric and awash with color, customs, and ancient ways. I loved this."

Die Around Sundown (2022)
(Henri Lefort Mysteries, book 1)
Mark Pryor
"Visit occupied Paris in Die Around Sundown, a darkly comic mystery with a sharp eyed and sharp mouthed police detective . . . with a French flair into little known facets of history. A tale with twists and heart."

Wild Prey (2022)
(Inspector Lu Fei Mystery, book 2)
Brian Klingborg
"Engrossing and atmospheric...an unmissable journey."

The School of Mirrors (2022)
Eva Stachniak
"A riveting epic shining with lush historical detail. . . . Stachniak's story of a young woman's life struggle and journey is set against the Versailles court intrigue and French Revolution. The School of Mirrors illuminates the early feminism of midwives through the guillotine to the New World. You'll never forget this journey."

The Opium Prince (2020)
Jasmine Aimaq
"The Opium Prince is an evocative, overdue tale of Afghanistan, written with searing insight by Jasmine Aimaq. Against the backdrop of 1970s Kabul, Aimaq sets an edgy cat-and-mouse game between a half-Afghan US government official and an opium khan, threaded together by the hard beauty of the country's land and people. I couldn’t put it down."

A Bend In The River (2020)
(Revolution Sagas, book 5)
Libby Fischer Hellmann
"In this richly drawn tour de force, Libby Hellmann paints an Asian family saga over two continents. Two sisters take different paths, struggle to confront the past, themselves, and each other. Highly recommended."

An Old Man's Game (2019)
(Amos Parisman Mystery, book 1)
Andy Weinberger
"I loved An Old Man's Game. Amos Parisman must return!"

The Right Sort of Man (2019)
(Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery, book 1)
Allison Montclair
"Full of heart, astute, and darkly comic, The Right Sort of Man is a keenly observed historical mystery set in post-WWII London about two women, a former intelligence agent and war widow, who join forces and set up a marriage bureau with the mission to knit lives together, while grappling with their own pasts."

The Man Who Didn't Burn (2019)
(Juge Lombard Mystery, book 1)
Ian Moore
"A fast paced, engaging, insightful look behind the expat life in France. Wine, chateaux and murder - what's not to love? I highly recommend."

The Moment Before Drowning (2018)
James Brydon
"A gripping, atmospheric, submersive novel that is deeply layered and delicately nuanced. I couldn't put this book down."

Soul Cage (2017)
(Reiko Himekawa, book 2)
Tetsuya Honda
"Enthralling, fast paced, and intricately plotted."

The 7th Woman (2013)
(Paris Homicide, book 1)
Frédérique Molay
"Ratcheting tension."

The Last Nightingale (2007)
(Nightingale Detective, book 1)
Anthony Flacco
"Atmospheric, chilling and with more twists and turns than crooked Lombard street, The Last Nightingale has it all. I couldn't put it down."

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