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. As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities.īut 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. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village.Įvery word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. But to what end? Gamache and Beauvoir's memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back.ĭid 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. 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. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried.Ī young man and woman have reappeared in the Surete du Quebec investigators' lives after many years. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. Gamache is a fascinatingly complex protagonist' BOOK OF THE MONTH, THE TIMESIt's spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter.īut not everything buried should come alive again. the bodies pile up, the intensity and horror are reminiscent of Thomas Harris at his finest. *** SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN ***'Electrifying drama.

A world of curiosities series