The Cruelest Month

✍ Scribed by Penny, Louise

• Book ID: 108582521
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 290 KB
• Series: Chief Inspector Gamache 3
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781429939812

✦ Synopsis

"Many mystery buffs have credited Louise Penny with the revival of the type of traditional murder mystery made famous by Agatha Christie. . . . The book's title is a metaphor not only for the month of April but also for Gamache's personal and professional challenges—-making this the series standout so far."
—Sarah Weinman

Welcome to Three Pines, where the cruelest month is about to deliver on its threat.
It's spring in the tiny, forgotten village; buds are on the trees and the first flowers are struggling through the newly thawed earth. But not everything is meant to return to life. . .
When some villagers decide to celebrate Easter with a s?ance at the Old Hadley House, they are hoping to rid the town of its evil—-until one of their party dies of fright. Was this a natural death, or was the victim somehow helped along?
Brilliant, compassionate Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the S?ret? du Qu?bec is called to...