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Murder in Belleville by Cara Black

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Jun 12, 11

bookshelves: france, fiction, mystery, algeria
Read from May 31 to June 11, 2011

A Paris car bombing in the Belleville area involves the defense minister's wife and his mistress and our protagonist and sleuth Aimée is in the midst of the action. Also involved in this mystery are Islamic fundamentalists and Algerian nationalists. Lots of action but I (like the protagonist) don't totally understand what's going on – political intrigue, fundamentalists, military impersonators, circus characters and shady types swirling around the misty dark streets of the Belleville area of Paris. Aimée and her sidekick René (view spoiler)[save the day but not until the very end. (hide spoiler)]

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Reading Progress

06/02/2011 page 67
20.0% "Action starts right away with a Paris car bombing involving the defense minister's wife and his mistress and Aimée is in the midst of the action. Also involved in this mystery are Islamic fundamentalists and Algerian nationalists. Some parts move more slowly though."
06/04/2011 page 114
33.0% "Not much has happened other than pearl intrigue and French-Algerian politics and sympathizer leads but suspense is building and I'm feeling more involved. This is not the tourist's view of Paris."
06/09/2011 page 261
77.0% "Lots of action but I (like the protagonist) don't totally understand what's going on – political intrigue, fundamentalists, military, circus characters and shady types swirling around the misty dark streets of the Belleville area of Paris."

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