'The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary. A Better Man begins with a coming storm that may be rain, or sleet, or frozen rain, or snow, and it sets the tone: April in Quebec was a month of cruel contrasts. A Better Man Reader Q&A Questions About A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, 15) by Louise Penny (Goodreads Author) Reader Q&A To ask other readers questions about A Better Man, please sign up. 'Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium' The New York Times Praise for the award-winning Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series: what would he do, if his child's killer might walk free? Gamache is a father himself, and is haunted by a question. He has been tasked with finding a missing woman, but while he leads the search for Vivienne Godin, Three Pines itself is threatened when the river breaks its banks, and a province-wide emergency is declared.Īs the waters rise, a body is discovered - and the victim's distraught father contemplates a murder of his own. The air is unbearably tense as Armand Gamache returns to the Surete du Quebec for his first day of work since being demoted from its command to head of homicide.Īmid blistering personal social media attacks, Gamache sets out on his first assignment. 'Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINA ' She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes ' THE TIMES Gripping and full of suspense, A BETTER MAN is the spellbinding new crime thriller from New York Times number one bestseller, Louise Penny. The sensational new crime thriller featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny

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