Kingdom of the Blind

The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. 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. Still on suspensionand frankly curiousGamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landersthe bookseller from Three Pinesand a young builder. None of them had ever met the elderly woman. 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. But what ifGamache begins to ask himselfshe was perfectly sane? When a body is foundthe terms of the bizarre will suddenly seem less peculiar and far more menacing. But it isn’t the only menace Gamache is facing. The investigation into what happened six months ago—the events that led to his suspension—has dragged oninto the dead of winter. And while most of the opioids he allowed to slip through his handsin order to bring down the cartelshave been retrievedthere is one devastating exception. Enough narcotic to kill thousands has disappeared into inner city Montreal. With the deadly drug about to hit the streetsGamache races for answers. As he uses increasingly audaciouseven desperatemeasures to retrieve the drugArmand Gamache begins to see his own blind spots. And the terrible things hiding there.