It's not often that a murder mystery and tale of political corruption leaves you with tears of joy at the ending, but Louis Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache series is no ordinary mystery series.
This is the eighth book in a series that just keeps getting better. Christmas is approaching but for Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, the joy of the season is overshadowed by the deadly power struggle going on inside the Sûreté, which he begins to suspect is linked to rampant, longstanding political corruption in the province. When he receives a call for help from an old friend in the small, isolated village of Three Pines, about a guest who has failed to arrive for a holiday visit, he welcomes the chance to escape from the city. But this case is also much more complicated than it appears, for the missing woman was once world famous, although now almost a recluse and mostly forgotten by the public. As the missing pieces of both puzzles fall slowly into place, the Chief Inspector and his last few loyal friends and colleagues need a safe, untraceable refuge. But is even Three Pines remote enough to hold off pursuit while Gamache secures the evidence he needs? Or will the peaceful village and its inhabitants become collateral damage in the final showdown when vengeful enemies close in on Gamache?
Elegant, evocative and pyschologically compelling, Louise Penny is a worthy succesor to mystery writers like Colin Dexter and P.D. James.
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