Kingdom of the blind
Penny, Louise
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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 suspension
and frankly curious
Gamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landers
the bookseller from Three Pines
and 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 if
Gamache begins to ask himself
she was perfectly sane? When a body is found
the 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 on
into the dead of winter. And while most of the opioids he allowed to slip through his hands
in order to bring down the cartels
have been retrieved
there is one devastating exception. Enough narcotic to kill thousands has disappeared into inner city Montreal. With the deadly drug about to hit the streets
Gamache races for answers. As he uses increasingly audacious
even desperate
measures to retrieve the drug
Armand Gamache begins to see his own blind spots. And the terrible things hiding there.
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