Penny weaves together all these narratives-the 'Penny delves into the nature of evil, sensitively exploring the impact of the dreadful events she describes while bringing a warmth and humanity to her disparate cast of characters that, unusually for a crime novel, leaves you feeling better about the world once you've finished.' -The Guardian Penny's gift for intelligent and transcendent storytelling delivers light, bringing themes of forgiveness and redemption to society's darker moments.' - Christian Science Monitor ONE OF BUSTLE'S MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEMBER 2022 BOOKS ONE OF BARNES & NOBLE'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022 ONE OF CRIMEREADS' MOST ANTICIPATED FALL BOOKS ONE OF WASHINGTON POST'S BEST MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS OF 2022 Outstanding Praise for A World of Curiosities And into the very heart of Armand Gamache's home. In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge. But the head of homicide soon realizes there's more in that room than meets the eye. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up.Īs the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. Every word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Did their mother's murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?Īs Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. Gamache and Beauvoir's memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Now they've arrived in the village of Three Pines.

The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators' lives after many years.

Not everything lying dormant should reemerge.Īs the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. But not everything buried should come alive again. It's spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series.

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