INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PARADE MAGAZINE ΓÇô ONE OF FALL’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS AN AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH ΓÇô SEPTEMBER CRIMEREADS ΓÇô ONE OF FALL’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS AARP’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the S├╗ret├⌐ du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light On their first night in Paris,the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with ArmandΓÇÖs godfatherthe billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the mealthey watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accidentbut a deliberate attempt on the elderly manΓÇÖs life. When a strange key is found in StephenΓÇÖs possession it sends Armandhis wife Reine-Marieand his former second-in-command at the S├╗ret├⌐Jean-Guy Beauvoirfrom the top of the Tour dΓÇÖEiffelto the bowels of the Paris Archivesfrom luxury hotels to oddcodedworks of art. It sends them deep into the secrets ArmandΓÇÖs godfather has kept for decades. A gruesome discovery in StephenΓÇÖs Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancidthe danger far greater and more imminentthan they realized. Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. In order to find the truthGamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friendshis colleagueshis instinctshis own past. His own family. For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide.