Author

Publication

2008-03-04 - St. Martin's Minotaur

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 8 more
  • ISBN-100312352573
  • ISBN-139780312352578
  • LibraryThing4313887
  • Goodreads1709279
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007042422
  • OCLC Control Number176861077
  • Better World Books9780312352578
  • Open LibraryOL9782669M

Classifications

  • LCCPR9199.4.P464 C78 2008
  • LCCPR9199.4.P464C78

Description

Starred Review. Chief Insp. Armand Gamache and his team investigate another bizarre crime in the tiny Québec village of Three Pines in Penny's expertly plotted third cozy (after 2007's A Fatal Grace). As the townspeople gather in the abandoned and perhaps haunted Hadley house for a séance with a visiting psychic, Madeleine Favreau collapses, apparently dead of fright. No one has a harsh word to say about Madeleine, but Gamache knows there's more to the case than meets the eye. Complicating his inquiry are the repercussions of Gamache having accused his popular superior at the Sûreté du Québec of heinous crimes in a previous case. Fearing there might be a mole on his team, Gamache works not only to solve the murder but to clear his name. Arthur Ellis Award–winner Penny paints a vivid picture of the French-Canadian village, its inhabitants and a determined detective who will strike many Agatha Christie fans as a 21st-century version of Hercule Poirot.

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Other Editions

  • The Cruelest Month: A Three Pines Mystery (Three Pines Mysteries)HardcoverSt. Martin's Minotaur2008-03-04

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