The Aimee Leduc Companion

parfumerie)
    Jacob, Rabbi
    Jean-Georges ( Gabrielle Pecheray’s secretary)
    Jerzy (borscht-ladler w/moustache & biceps)
    Joêl (desk clerk at Place Dauphine hotel)
    Julien (possibly Aimée’s long-lost half-brother)
    Loubel, Audric (former Cours Carnot student)
    Louvois, Dita ( Clémence’s roommate)
    Luigi (travel agent at Viaggi Travel)
    Mahmoud (merchant who heard hit-and-run)
    Manu ( Félice’s ex-boyfriend)
    Melac, Inspector (Brigade Criminelle)
    Myra (woman in synagogue congregation who recognizes Ficowska names)
    Nadillac (client of Leduc Detective)
    Nana ( René’s nurse in the hospital)
    Ney (Minister of Culture)
    Paco ( Aimée’s contact at Le Monde)
    Paul (waiter at bistro)
    Pecheray, Gabrielle de la (press liaison at Ministry of Culture), husband Roland , son Olivier
    Polivard (retired survivor of Vichy)
    Renutti (guard at the Louvre)
    Ritoux (Tracfin biggie)
    Robard (antiquarian bookseller)
    Roloff , Commandant (headed inquiry in Aimée’s father’s case)
    Sicard (auxi at the La Santé prison)
    Soualt, Dr. ( René’s doctor in the hospital)
    Sylvie ( Véro’s sister, cleaner at the Louvre)
    Touvier, Clémence (blackmailer)
    Véro (Leduc Detective’s night cleaner)
    Vichon (Brigade Criminelle detective)
    Waller, Jack (retired NYPD detective), aka Jacques Weill
    Xavierre ( Morbier’s new girlfriend, evidently)
    Xedo ( Aimée’s would-be guide at the Club Eros)

    Palais-Royal

    1. Leduc Detective Agency, rue du Louvre.
    2. (off map 600m) Aimée’s apartment, quai d’Anjou, Ile St. Louis
    3. Hôtel-Dieu, Parvis Nôtre-Dame
    4. Brigade criminelle, quai des Orfèvres
    5. TotoMoto & “The Nose” perfume shop, rue des Capuchines. “Who you gonna believe—me, or your lying eyes?”
    6. Taxi dispatcher, rue de la Reine de Hongrie. “Oh, life is a wonderful medley of song.”
    7. Bistro Palais-Royal, entrances Palais-Royal and rue de Valois
    8. Ministry of Culture, Palais-Royal

    9. “Au Chien qui fume,” rue du Pont-Neuf. Not just another biker bar.
    10. Place des Petits-Pères
    11. Place des Victoires
    12. Designer’s studio; shoe store, corner rue Catinat at Place des Victoires. Oops.
    13. Passage des Deux Pavillons, rue des Petits-Pères and Palais-Royal
    14. BRIF office, rue Saint-Hyacinthe. Bank error not in your favor.
    15. Clemence’s apartment and Club Eros. Aimée discovers a talent for domination
    16. Comédie-française, place Colette

    17. Restaurant Le Grand Véfour. Palais-Royal. Colette’s place
    18. Galérie Vero-Dodat and Café de l’Époque
    19. Musée Grévin at the Passage Jouffroy
    20. Rue Bergère. More than one folly committed here
    21. Nôtre-Dame des Victoires Church, rue de Nôtre-Dame des Victoires. Showdown in the study group
    22. Théâtre du Palais-Royal, rue de Montpensier
    23. Clinique du Louvre, rue des Prêtres de Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois. Hiding in plain sight
    24. Place Dauphine

Murder in Passy (November 1997)

    Private investigator Aimée Leduc has made a name for herself and for Leduc Detective and business is booming. In fact, between taking on new clients and recuperating from injuries sustained on her last big case, Aimée is feeling a little worn down. But she finds time to do a favor for her godfather, Paris police Commissaire Morbier, when he asks her to drop by the gorgeous Passy home of his girlfriend, Xavierre d’Eslay, a haut bourgeois matron of Basque origin. Xavierre has been so busy with her daughter’s upcoming wedding that she has stopped taking Morbier’s calls, and he’s worried something more serious is going on.
    When Aimée crashes the rehearsal dinner, Xavierre is discovered strangled in her own yard. Circumstantial evidence makes Morbier the prime suspect, and to vindicate him, Aimée must find the real killer. Her investigation leads her to police corruption, radical Basque terrorists, and a kidnapped Spanish princess.
    Characters:

    Non-series characters appearing in this book:
    Baptista, Timo (student demonstrator with Xavierre and Agostino )
    Beñat (mec in Basque bistro)
    Boucher, Madame de ( Xavierre’s neighbor)
    Cachou, Madame ( Aimée’s concierge)
    Carlos (Spanish military attaché, Martine’s connection)
    Cheb le DJ or Cheb DJ (convicted robber)
    Citu (mec in Basque bistro, buys Aimée an Izarra)
    Cybèle ( Xavierre’s sister)
    de Rosnay, Saj (Leduc Detective’s permanent part-time hacker)
    d’Eslay, Xavierre, née Contrexo ( Morbier’s new girlfriend in the previous book, murdered in this