When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. Gamache's own conscience is standing in judgement.
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Months later, on a steamy July day as the trial for the accused begins in Montreal, Chief Superintendent Gamache continues to struggle with actions he set in motion that bitter November, from which there is no going back. And hope his mounting fears are not realized.īut when the figure vanishes and a body is discovered, it falls to Gamache to discover if a debt has been discharged, or levied. Gamache knows there must be a purpose behind this odd act. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead. And finally, watching the unmoving figure, a pall settles over the pretty Québec village.Īrmand Gamache, now Chief Superintendent of the Soreté du Québec, knows something is seriously wrong. When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. one of his most ennobling missions." ―Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book ReviewĬatastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Sûreté du Québec in the latest novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny. “‘A Better Man,' with its mix of meteorological suspense, psychological insight and criminal pursuit, is arguably the best book yet in an outstanding, original oeuvre.” ―Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal What would you do if your child’s killer walked free?
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In the next novel in this “constantly surprising series that deepens and darkens as it evolves” (New York Times Book Review), Gamache must face a horrific possibility, and a burning question.
Increasingly hounded by the question, how would you feel…, he resumes the search.Īs the rivers rise, and the social media onslaught against Gamache becomes crueler, a body is discovered. But with a daughter of his own, he finds himself developing a profound, and perhaps unwise, empathy for her distraught father. In the middle of the turmoil a father approaches Gamache, pleading for help in finding his daughter.Īs crisis piles upon crisis, Gamache tries to hold off the encroaching chaos, and realizes the search for Vivienne Godin should be abandoned. Flood waters are rising across the province. It’s Gamache’s first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Ltd.), Netherlands (Meulenhoff Boekerij), Norway (Silke Fortag as), Poland (JK Publishing), Portugal (Edicoes Asa), Quebec (Editions Flammarion Quebec), Russia (Azbooka-Atticus Publishing), South Korea (Finis Africa/Korea), Spain (La Factoria de Ideas sl), Sweden (Whalstrom & Widstrand), Taiwan (Faces Publications of Cite Publishing) and Turkey (Marti Yayintari).įor more information and Martin’s Press), UK (Little, Brown), Brazil (Editora Evora), China (Shanghai Litterature and Art Publishing House), Croatia (Hena Com d.o.o.), Czech Republic (Euromedia Group K.S), Estonia (Varrak Publishers), Finland(Werner Sodestrom Corp), France (Editions Actes Sud), Germany (Verlagsgruppe Random House GMBH), Greece (Psichogios Publications S.A.), Italy (Edizioni Piemme SPA), Japan (Random House Kodansh G. Her books are published in Canada and U.S.A. Louise has been on book tours promoting her work in the USA and Canada, the UK, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Born in Toronto, she now lives outside the village of Sutton, Quebec. LOUISE PENNY is the multi-award-winning author of the Armand Gamache mysteries.
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