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The Madness of Crowds (Large Print)

Paperback

Main Details

Title The Madness of Crowds (Large Print)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Louise Penny
SeriesChief Inspector Gamache Novel
Series part Volume No. 17
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:722
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLarge Print
Large Print Press
All Dates
Crime & Mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9781432899066
Audience
General
Edition Large Print Edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Large Print Press
Imprint Large Print Press
NZ Release Date 15 June 2022
Publication Country United States

Description

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Pennys latest spellbinding novel, The Madness of Crowds. Youre a coward. Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. It starts innocently enough. While the residents of the Quebec 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. Hes asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec 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 the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinsons views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused its near impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ca 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, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds.