Black Water Lilies Frederic Duval, Michel Bussi, Didier Cassegrain, trans. from the French by Edward Gauvin. Magnetic, $29.99 (140p) ISBN 978-1-951719-66-1.

Vicki Burger is still entranced with "Black Water Lilies," a literary mystery that takes place on the shores of the pond where Claude Monet once painted the water lilies.

View 'Black Water Lilies', Gelatin silver print By Hosoe Eikoh; Gelatin silver print; Image: 9.50 h x 8.625 w Sight size: 10.75 h x 8.25 w Frame: 17.75 h x 15.125 w; Signed; Edition. Access more ...

THIS is a police procedural with a difference. And the difference is France. It starts as so many crime books do with a body. This one is found in a river near the village of Giverny.  ...