Book 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, soon to be launched on Amazon TV. This novel will be the focus of a targeted and intensive pre-order campaign. PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES: ''Enthralling ... With beautifully drawn characters, this is crime writing of the highest order '' DAILY MAIL ''A satisfying and multi-layered mystery , in Penny''s excellent series'' IRISH INDEPENDENT ''Louise Penny is on peak form ... a grown-up, timely thriller that considers the nature of cowardice ... merges the personal and professional life of her detective with equal skill and wit'' THE TIMES ''A great sense of place and characterisation ... very much a book that will make you think'' SHOTS ''Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times'' DENISE MINA ''She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes'' THE TIMES ''Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium'' THE NEW YORK TIMES ''Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery'' DAILY EXPRESS ''The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous'' WASHINGTON POST ''No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny.'' ELLY GRIFFITHS
The incredible new book in Louise Penny''s #1 bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache series. When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a statistics lecture given at the Universite de l''Estrie in Quebec, he is dubious. Why ask the head of homicide to provide security for what sounds like a minor, even mundane lecture? But dangerous ideas about who deserves to live in order for society to thrive are rapidly gaining popularity, fuelled by the research of the eminent Professor Abigail Robinson. Yet for every person seduced by her theories there is another who is horrified by them. When a murder is committed days after the lecture, it''s clear that within crowds can lie madness. To uncover the truth, Gamache must put his own feelings about the divisive Professor to one side. But with her ideas gaining ground, the line separating good and evil, right and wrong, is quickly blurring - especially when the case leads unexpectedly close to home ... PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES: ''Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times'' DENISE MINA ''She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes'' THE TIMES ''Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium'' THE NEW YORK TIMES ''Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery'' DAILY EXPRESS ''The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous'' WASHINGTON POST ''No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny.'' ELLY GRIFFITHS ''An absolute joy'' IRISH TIMES
''Louise Penny''s writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling'' PETER JAMES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. Winter in Three Pines, and the sleepy village is carpeted in snow. It''s a time of peace and goodwill - until a scream pierces the biting air. A spectator at the annual Boxing Day curling match has been fatally electrocuted. Despite the large crowd, there are no witnesses and - apparently - no clues. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache discovers a history of secrets and enemies in the dead woman''s past. But he has enemies of his own, and as he is frozen out of decision-making in the Surete du Quebec, he has to decide who he can trust... Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. ''Penny is a joy'' IRISH TIMES
''A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings'' ANN CLEEVES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships. Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of the residents of Three Pines - a place so free from crime it doesn''t even have its own police force. But Gamache knows that evil is lurking somewhere behind the white picket fences and that, if he watches closely enough, Three Pines will start to give up its dark secrets... Ten million readers. Three pines One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache ''One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction'' THE TIMES
''A wonderful addition to a fantastic series'' ELLY GRIFFITHS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. When Armand Gamache receives a letter inviting him to an abandoned farmhouse outside of Three Pines, the former head of the Surete du Quebec discovers that a complete stranger has named him as an executor of her will. The bequests are so wildly unlikely that he suspects the woman must have been delusional - until a body is found. But it isn''t the only menace Gamache is facing. The investigation into the events that led to his suspension delves deeper, and he takes increasingly desperate measures to rectify previous actions. As he does, Gamache begins to see his own blind spots - and the terrible things hiding there . . . Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. ''This gloriously shocking book grips from the very first page'' DENISE MINA
''No one does atmospheric like Louise Penny'' ELLY GRIFFITHS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. It''s Easter, and on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They plan to raise the dead . . . When Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A seance in an old abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone has been seemingly frightened to death. In idyllic Three Pines, terrible secrets lie buried, and even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is about to betray him. But how far will they go to ensure Gamache''s downfall? Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. ''The series is grand and deep and altogether extraordinary'' WA SHINGTON POST
Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Crime Novel Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Crime Novel Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Crime Novel There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. Hidden deep in the wilderness are the cloisters of two dozen monks - men of prayer and music, famous the world over for their glorious voices. But a brutal death throws the monastery doors open to the world. And through them walks the only man who can shine light upon the dark deeds within: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Who among the brothers has become an angel of death? As the peace of the monastery crumbles around him, Gamache finds clues in the divine, the human . . . and the cracks in between. Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. ''Penny''s writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling'' PETER JAMES
''No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny'' ELLY GRIFFITHS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. It''s the height of summer, and the wealthy Finney family have gathered at the Manoir Bellechasse to pay tribute to their late father. But as the temperature rises, old secrets and bitter rivalries begin to surface. When the heat wave boils over into a mighty storm, a dead body is left in its wake. Chief Inspector Gamache, a guest at the Bellechasse, finds himself with a building full of suspects. With the hotel locked down, the murderer is trapped. But a cornered predator is always the most dangerous of all... Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. ''Impossible to put down'' GLOBE AND MAIL
''Compelling . . . An original voice'' PETER JAMES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings. Clara Morrow''s husband is missing. When he fails to come home on the first anniversary of their separation, as promised, Clara asks the only person she trusts to try and find him: former Chief Inspector of Homicide, Armand Gamache. As Gamache journeys further into the case, he is drawn deeper into the tortured mind of Peter Morrow, a man so desperate to recapture his fame as an artist that he would sell his soul. As Gamache gets closer to the truth, he uncovers a deadly trail of jealousy and deceit. Can Gamache bring Peter, and himself, home safely? Or in searching for answers, has he placed himself, and those closest to him, in terrible danger? Ten million readers. Three pines. One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache. ''Penny twists and turns the plot, expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery'' DAILY EXPRESS
The incredible new book in Louise Penny''s #1 bestselling Inspector Gamache series. When Inspector Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a statistics lecture given at the Universite de l''Estrie, he is dubious. What lecture might be so contentious that it would require the Surete du Quebec to supervise it? But following the pandemic, dangerous ideas about who deserves to live in order for society to function are rapidly gaining popularity, fuelled by the research of the eminent Professor Abigail Robinson. Yet for every person seduced by her theories is another one who is horrified by them. When a murder is committed days after someone tried to shoot the professor on stage, it''s clear that someone in Three Pines is prepared to do anything to stop her. To uncover the truth, Gamache must put his own feelings about the divisive Professor to one side. But with a vision of humanity itself at stake, the line separating good and evil can blur just as quickly as the one between reason and madness - especially when the clues lead unexpectedly close to home . . . PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES: ''Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times'' DENISE MINA ''She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes'' THE TIMES ''Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium'' THE NEW YORK TIMES ''Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery'' DAILY EXPRESS ''The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous'' WASHINGTON POST ''No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny.'' ELLY GRIFFITHS ''An absolute joy'' IRISH TIMES
Book 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, soon to be launched on Amazon TV. This novel will be the focus of a targeted and intensive pre-order campaign. PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES: ''Enthralling ... With beautifully drawn characters, this is crime writing of the highest order '' DAILY MAIL ''A satisfying and multi-layered mystery , in Penny''s excellent series'' IRISH INDEPENDENT ''Louise Penny is on peak form ... a grown-up, timely thriller that considers the nature of cowardice ... merges the personal and professional life of her detective with equal skill and wit'' THE TIMES ''A great sense of place and characterisation ... very much a book that will make you think'' SHOTS ''Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times'' DENISE MINA ''She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes'' THE TIMES ''Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium'' THE NEW YORK TIMES ''Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery'' DAILY EXPRESS ''The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous'' WASHINGTON POST ''No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny.'' ELLY GRIFFITHS
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