How The Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Gamache Book 9): Louise Penny - Softcover

Louise Penny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075154423X ISBN 13: 9780751544237

Publisher: Sphere, 2014

Synopsis

The number one New York Times bestseller

A DETECTIVE

As a fierce, unrelenting winter grips Quebec, shadows are closing in on Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Most of his best agents have left the Homicide Department and hostile forces are lining up against him.

A DISAPPEARANCE

When Gamache receives a message about a mysterious case in Three Pines, he is compelled to investigate -- a woman who was once one of the most famous people in the world has vanished.

A DEADLY CONCLUSION

As he begins to shed light on the investigation, he is drawn into a web of murder, lies and unimaginable corruption at the heart of the city. Facing his most challenging, and personal, case to date, can Gamache save the reputation of the Sūreté, those he holds dear and himself?

Evocative, gripping and atmospheric, this magnificent work of crime fiction from international bestselling author Louise Penny will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

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Product Description:

As a fierce, unrelenting winter grips Quebec, shadows are closing in on Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Most of his best agents have left the Homicide Department and hostile forces are lining up against him. When Gamache receives a message about a mysterious case in Three Pines, he is compelled to investigate - a woman who was once one of the most famous people in the world has vanished. As he begins to shed light on the investigation, he is drawn into a web of murder, lies and unimaginable corruption at the heart of the city. Facing his most challenging, and personal, case to date, can Gamache save the reputation of the Sūreté, those he holds dear and himself? Evocative, gripping and atmospheric, this magnificent work of crime fiction from international bestselling author Louise Penny will stay with you long after you turn the final page. A chilling novel that will please all horror fiction fans. This paperback book has 534 pages and measures: 20 x 12 x 3cm.

Review:

Once again, Penny delivers a masterful, nuanced suspense novel in which tone and setting are just as riveting as the murderer's who and why (People Magazine)

Masterful . . . unfolds with subtlety and intelligence. Once again, Penny impressively balances personal courage and faith with heartbreaking choices and monstrous evil (Publishers Weekly)

Subtle, elegant and beautifully written (Daily Mirror)

Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery (Daily Express)

Another bravura performance from an author who has reinvented the village mystery as profoundly as Dashiell Hammett transformed the detective novel (Booklist)

Clever, full of twists and turns, a wonderfully satisfying -- and moving -- addition to Penny's atmospheric, distinctive series (Kate Mosse)

About this edition

• Publisher: Sphere
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 075154423X
• ISBN 13: 9780751544237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544