Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, Paperback/Louise Penny

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Description INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA December 2018 Indie Next Pick One of Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2018 Picks Book Page Best of the Year 2018 A Library Reads Pick for November 2018A Library Reads Hall of Fame Winner Washington Post's 10 Books to Read This November One of Pop Sugar's Best Fall Books to Curl Up With"A captivating, wintry whodunit." --PEOPLE"A constantly surprising series that deepens and darkens as it evolves." --Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review"A spellbinder . . . another outstanding Gamache adventure... ingenious . . . what more could a mystery reader - or any reader for that matter - want?"--Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the S ret du Qu bec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her will. Still on suspension, and frankly curious, Gamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landers, the bookseller from Three Pines, and a young builder. None of them had ever met the elderly woman. The will is so odd and includes bequests that are so wildly unlikely that Gamache and the others suspect the woman must have been delusional. But what if, Gamache begins to ask himself, she was perfectly sane? When a body is found, the terms of the bizarre will suddenly seem less peculiar and far more menacing. But it isn't the only menace Gamache is facing. The investigation into what happened six months ago--the events that led to his suspension--has dragged on, into the dead of winter. And while most of the opioids he allowed to slip through his hands, in order to bring down the cartels, have been retrieved, there is one devastating exception. Enough narcotic to kill thousands has disappeared into inner city Montreal. With the deadly drug about to hit the streets, Gamache races for answers. As he uses increasingly au