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From the #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny comes the second
Armand Gamache mystery set in the stunning countryside of Quebec.
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Winner of the 2007 Agatha Award for Best Novel!
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Welcome to winter in Three Pines, a picturesque village in Quebec, where
the villagers are preparing for a traditional country Christmas, and
someone is preparing for murder.
No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless
lover, not her pathetic daughter--and certainly none of the residents of
Three Pines. CC de Poitiers managed to alienate everyone, right up until
the moment of her death.
When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, of the Sûreté du Quebec, is called
to investigate, he quickly realizes he's dealing with someone quite
extraordinary. CC de Poitiers was electrocuted in the middle of a frozen
lake, in front of the entire village, as she watched the annual curling
tournament. And yet no one saw anything. Who could have been insane
enough to try such a macabre method of murder--or brilliant enough to
succeed?
With his trademark compassion and courage, Gamache digs beneath the
idyllic surface of village life to find the dangerous secrets long
buried there. For a Quebec winter is not only staggeringly beautiful but
deadly, and the people of Three Pines know better than to reveal too
much of themselves. But other dangers are becoming clear to Gamache. As
a bitter wind blows into the village, something even more chilling is
coming for Gamache himself.
