The Brutal Telling

The New York Times Bestseller ‘Penny . . . is at the top of her game’ (Toronto Star) When Chief Inspector Gamache arrives in picturesque Three Pines,he steps into a village in chaos. A man has been found bludgeoned to deathand there is no sign of a weapona motive or even the dead man’s name. As Gamache and his colleagues start to dig under the skin of this peaceful haven for cluesthey uncover a trail of stolen treasuremysterious codes and a shameful history that begins to shed light on the victim’s identity – and points to a terrifying killer…