The Madness of Crowds Spiral-Bound | 2021-08-24

Louise Penny

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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel

While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request.

He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event, a visiting professor's lecture at the nearby university.

While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel.

They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's near impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold.

Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone.

When a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache and his team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion.

And the madness of crowds.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 448 pages
ISBN-10: 1250145260
Item Weight: 1.4 lbs
Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.4 x 9.6 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 50,001 + ratings
Praise for The Madness of Crowds, the instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

"This series has always excelled... This new novel grapples successfully with the moral weight of its narrative… 'All Will Be Well' never sounded so menacing." --The New York Times Book Review

"Intelligent and emotionally powerful." --Wall Street Journal

"Timely and thrilling… The Madness of Crowds is one of the richest and most satisfying banquets yet." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LOUISE PENNY is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling series of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (seven times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In 2017, she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture. Louise lives in a small village south of Montréal.