Constable & Robinson have just published MURDER IN BELLEVILLE, the first of Cara Black's popular Aimée Leduc mysteries, featuring the intuitive half-French half-American private detective. Two subsequent volumes, MURDER IN THE MARAIS and MURDER IN THE SENTIER, will follow later in 2009.

The series now stretches to nine volumes, and is published in the US by Soho Press. Johnson & Alcock handle UK rights for Soho Press. The books have been noted for their intricate plots and lush evocations of the Paris scenery, and Cara Black has proved very popular around the world. She will shortly be appearing at Crimefest in Bristol, in May 2009.