‘One of the greatest crime writers of our times’ DENISE MINAThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache’s world of facts and feelings.The air is unbearably tense as Armand Gamache returns to the Surete du Quebec for his first day of work since being demoted from its command to head of homicide.Amid blistering personal social media attacks, Gamache sets out on his first assignment. He has been tasked with finding a missing woman, but while he leads the search for Vivienne Godin, Three Pines itself is threatened when the river breaks its banks, and a province-wide emergency is declared.As the waters rise, a body is discovered – and the victim’s distraught father contemplates a murder of his own. Gamache is a father himself, and is haunted by a question . . . what would he do, if his child’s killer might walk free?Ten million readers.Three pines.One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.‘No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny’ ELLY GRIFFITHS

About the AuthorLouise Penny is an international award-winning and bestselling author whose books have hit number one on the New York Times, USA Today and Globe and Mail lists. Her Chief Inspector Gamache novels have been translated into thirty-one languages and have sold over 10 million copies worldwide. In 2017 she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture. In 2021, she co-authored the standalone thriller State of Terror with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Louise Penny lives in a village south of Montreal.Reviews

No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny

* Elly Griffiths *

Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times

* Denise Mina *

Fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings

* Ann Cleeves *

One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction

* The Times *Book InformationISBN 9781529386660Author Louise PennyFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Hodder PaperbackPublisher Hodder & StoughtonWeight(grams) 355gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 40mm