The Cruellest Month

by Louise Penny (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $4.47

  It's Easter, and on a glorious spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They plan to raise the dead! When C. I. Gamache of the Surete du Quebec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A seance in an old, abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone lies frightened to death. For in idyllic Three Pines not all is as it seems. Toxic secrets lie buried, and something terrible has finally clawed its way out. And even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is preparing to betray him. But who is it? And how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall?

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $6.23

  Louise Penny is the recipient of the CWA New Blood Dagger for Crime Fiction, the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel and, in the US, the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and the Agatha Award for Best Novel The novel takes place at Easter -- traditionally a time for death, and for spirits coming back from the dead...Gamache is called to Three Pines when a seance attended by locals goes horrifyingly wrong, and a woman is found on the floor, apparently scared to death. Something frightened Madeleine Favreau so much that it literally stopped her heart, but Gamache knows her killer is from this world, not the next. Meanwhile, Gamache's own enemies high up within the Surete du Quebec are moving in for the kill, and the Inspector waits for the Judas within his own team to strike. But what exactly does the traitor want and, more importantly, how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall?