![]() ![]() Penny adds crucial details about Gamache’s backstory and satisfactorily resolves a plotline tease from earlier in the series. It first appears to be a duplicate of The Paston Treasure, a cryptic 17th-century assemblage of items known as A World of Curiosities, but anachronistic elements, such as a digital watch, have been added. The Arsenaults’ arrival coincides with several murders, which seem connected to an unusual painting found concealed in a hidden room in Three Pines. Gamache stayed involved in Fiona’s life, even aiding her graduate studies in engineering. During the case, he met his future number two and son-in-law, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, who came to a different conclusion than his own. ![]() His inquiry revealed that Clotilde had prostituted her children, then 13 and 10, at the time of the killing. Siblings Fiona and Sam Arsenault return to Three Pines more than a decade after Gamache investigated the bludgeoning murder of their mother, Clotilde. ![]() Armand Gamache of the Québec Sûreté (after 2021’s The Madness of Crowds) blends nuanced characterization with nail-biting suspense. Bestseller Penny’s virtuoso 18th novel featuring Chief Insp. ![]()
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