Murder on the Champ de Mars (An Aimée Leduc Investigation)

Paris, April 1999: Aim e 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 b b . The last thing she has time for now is to take on a personal investigation for a poor manouche (Gypsy) boy. But he insists his dying mother has an important secret she needs to tell Aim e, something to do with Aim e 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 Aim e arrives at the hospital, the boy s mother has disappeared. She was far too sick to leave on her own she must have been abducted. What does she know that s so important it s worth killing for? And will Aim e be able to find her before it s too late and the medication keeping her alive runs out?