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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec follows a series of small, unsettling clues, a stolen coat, a cryptic menu, a threat against those he loves, toward a conspiracy that could poison thousands.
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Mystery, Crime & Thriller
The Grey Wolf
A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
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Minotaur Books (Macmillan)
- Published
- 2024
- Pages
- 421
- Format
- Hardcover (US first edition...
- Language
- English
Nineteen books in, Louise Penny's Armand Gamache remains one of crime fiction's most humane investigators, and The Grey Wolf sends him from the fictional Quebec village of Three Pines toward a threat far larger than a single body: a conspiracy that could contaminate the water supply of millions.
Penny builds the case from small, teasing anomalies - a coat that isn't his, a menu scrawled with clues - and lets dread accumulate as the danger closes on the people Gamache loves.
What has always distinguished the series is its warmth and moral seriousness, its faith that goodness and community are worth defending, and this instalment threads those values through a genuinely tense, high-stakes plot. Newcomers can follow it, though longtime readers will feel the deepest pull of its recurring cast.
For lovers of intelligent, character-rich procedurals with heart, Penny remains the gold standard, and this is one of the strongest recent entries in a beloved series.
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421
Published
2024
Minotaur Books (Macmillan)
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Hardcover (US first edition...
Language
English
Mystery, Crime & Thriller
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978-1250328137
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