Book Review: Déjà Dead

Déjà Dead by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Goodreads Summary: 

Things can get pretty dark in the City of Light Claire Baskerville is a sixty-something American who finds herself alone in Paris when her husband is brutally murdered. Reeling from the onslaught of devastating secrets he left behind Claire is stunned to realize she no longer knows who to trust. She only knows she can’t move forward until she finds out the truth behind who killed her husband. In spite of a genetic brain anomaly that makes it impossible for her to remember faces –even ones she’d seen just moments before, and all alone in a foreign city, Claire doggedly collects the clues that will lead her to her husband’s killer. Unfortunately, the closer she gets to the truth, the more determined that the killer is to make sure she never leaves Paris alive. ***

This book is a clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language Genre: women amateur sleuth 

I appreciate the chapters had titles. It just broke up the monotony TBH and kept me from putting the book down. Also, the chapters were short so there's that.

Claire and her husband love Paris but when Bob is found dead in their hotel room, Claire goes into detective mode to find his killer because the police aren't giving due diligence to protect Claire to the full extent of the law! Someone is hiding the truth and her life is in danger. What is up with the French police?

Claire finds herself tangled up in lies that involve a crooked cop and some shady characters. Claire will have to rely on herself to do the investigation. She has the ability to track people. She is tough and focused but not so young anymore. 

This book appeals to the over 50 mostly and well I think that it's great.

While in Paris she also receives news that her father has died and so she inherits an apartment worth a million euros. It belonged to her father Claude Lapin ← (means rabbit btw) who she never knew that well. 

Anyway, he considers her his daughter even though she wasn't his own by blood. Claire learns her real mother had an affair while married to Claude so she is really Phillipe's daughter. She doesn't know her real father. Regardless I love that her apartment is near the Champs-Elysees. 

I love the atmosphere of Paris! 

I can picture her walking her dog Izzy and talking with her consoling trusty neighbor Genevieve. I could not get a taste of the food, however. I know what brioche is- just bread with chocolate inside, no big deal.

Joelle Lapin is Claire's wicked stepmother who thinks Claire should not inherit her father's estate. 

The judge had already ruled in Claire's favor so that pretty much deems Joelle an enemy.
I am pretty happy for Claire and her daughter and grandson.
Otherwise, Claire's adventures in Paris are a nail-biting horrific ordeal.