When they all get blizzard-bound in Three Pines, it provides plenty of opportunity for Gamache to investigate the possible connections between the three of them and the dead woman, and for the residents of Three Pines to pass judgment on the young man unwittingly stuck in their midst. But Gamache and Myrna, a psychologist turned bookstore-owner, are intrigued enough to agree, as does the young builder. None of them knew the dead woman, and have no idea why she named them in her will. Someone has named Gamache, his neighbor Myrna Landers, and a builder from Montreal as the liquidators, we would call them executors, of her will. The small case seems to be the easy part, at least at first. And that it’s worth every moment of immersion with these people and in the quirky, semi-lost village of Three Pines. Which is a hint that this series is best read in order and from its beginning in Still Life. Which itself was the culmination of a story that begin several books before that. But it does not tie into the other case in this story, the one that not only starts out large, but started out in the previous book in the series, Glass Houses. One case initially seems trivial, but of course turns out to be much larger than it appears. ![]() This is a story where there are two cases, as there often are in this series. He always believes that he is one of the blind – even as he fervently prays that he is not. The original quote is from the philosopher Desiderius Erasmus, “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” There’s irony in the use of the quote, as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, currently the Chief Superintendent of the Sûreté du Québec , albeit under suspension, would never put himself in the place of the one-eyed man. With the deadly drug about to hit the streets, Gamache races for answers.Īs he uses increasingly audacious, even desperate, measures to retrieve the drug, Armand Gamache begins to see his own blind spots. And while most of the opioids he allowed to slip though his hands, in order to bring down the cartels, have been retrieved, there is one devastating exception.Įnough narcotic to kill thousands has disappeared into inner city Montreal. The investigation into what happened six months ago-the events that led to his suspension-has dragged on, into the dead of winter. When a body is found, the terms of the bizarre will suddenly seem less peculiar and far more menacing.īut it isn’t the only menace Gamache is facing. But what if, Gamache begins to ask himself, she was perfectly sane? 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. None of them had ever met the elderly woman. 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. When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Sûreté du Québec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her will. The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. ![]() Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Book Depository Published by Minotaur Books on November 27, 2018 Series: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #14 ![]() Source: supplied by publisher via Edelweissįormats available: hardcover, large print, paperback, ebook, audiobook Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14) by Louise Penny
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