A World of Curiosities

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny’s beloved series. ItΓÇÖs spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration,Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the S├╗ret├⌐ du Qu├⌐bec investigatorsΓÇÖ lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murderedleaving them damagedshattered. Now theyΓÇÖve arrived in the village of Three Pines. But to what end? Gamache and BeauvoirΓÇÖs memories of that tragic casethe one that first brought them togethercome rushing back. Did their motherΓÇÖs murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible woundsburied for decadesfestered and are now about to erupt? As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answershis alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is foundthe villagers decide to open it up. As the bricks are removedGamacheBeauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes thereΓÇÖs more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzlesand hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge. In unsealing that rooman old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand GamacheΓÇÖs home.