Robert Bathurst's narration is calm, collected, and earnest,
reflecting the blend of emotion and professionalism that Gamache
embodies as an investigator. It's perfect for listeners seeking both
captivating intrigue and insightful reflection. - BookPage
**
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York
Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel**
You're a coward.
Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled
against Armand Gamache.
It starts innocently enough.
While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage
of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the
bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday
with his family interrupted by a simple request.
He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A
visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby
university.
While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du
Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until
Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an
agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture.
They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship
and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views
start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth
and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's near impossible to
tell them apart.
Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into
fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold.
Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller.
All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone.
When a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache, his
second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the
crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion.
And the madness of crowds.
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books
