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Aime Leduc is happy her long-time business partner Ren has found a girlfriend. Really, she is. Its not her fault if she cant suppress her doubts about the relationship; Ren is moving way too fast, and Aimes instincts tell her Meizi, this supposed love of Rens life, isnt trustworthy. And her misgivings may not be far off the mark: Meizi disappears during a Chinatown dinner to take a phone call and never comes back to the restaurant. Minutes later, the body of a young man, a science prodigy and volunteer at the nearby Muse, is found shrink-wrapped in an alleywaywith Meizis photo in his wallet.

Aime does not like this scenario one bit, but she cant figure out how the murder is connected to Meizis disappearance. The dead genius was sitting on a discovery that has Frances secret service keeping tabs on him. Now theyre keeping tabs on Aime. A missing young woman, an illegal immigrant raid in progress, botched affairs of the heart, dirty policemen, the French secret service, cutting-edge science secrets and a murderer on the loosewhat has she gotten herself into? And can she get herselfand her friendsback out of it all alive?