A 2010 Anthony Nominee for Best Novel
Chaos is coming, old son.
With those words the peace of
Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare to head back
to the city and children say goodbye to summer, a stranger
is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques
store.
Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are
called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both
treasures and rancid secrets buried in the wilderness. Β No
one admits to knowing the murdered man, but as secrets are
revealed, chaos begins to close in on the beloved bistro
owner, Olivier. How did he make such a spectacular success
of his business? What past did he leave behind and why has
he buried himself in this tiny village? And why does every
lead in the investigation find its way back to him?
As Olivier grows more frantic, a trail of clues and
treasuresβfrom first editions of Charlotteβs Web and Jane
Eyre to a spider web with the word βWOEβ woven in itβlead
the Chief Inspector deep into the woods and across the
continent in search of the truth, and finally back to
Three Pines as the little village braces for the truth and
the final, brutal telling.
Excerpt People lied all the time in murder investigations. If the
first victim of war was the truth, some of the first victims
of a murder investigation were people s lies. The lies they
told themselves, the lies they told each other....
Gabri approached carrying a tray with four steaming plates.
Within minutes they were sitting around the fireplace eating
fettuccini with shrimp and scallops sautΓ©ed in garlic and
olive oil. Fresh bread was produced and glasses of dry white
wine poured.
As they ate, they talked about the Labor Day long weekend,
about the chestnut trees and conkers. About kids returning
to school and the nights drawing in.
The bistro was empty, except for them. But it seemed crowded
to the Chief Inspector. With the lies they d been told, and
the lies being manufactured and waiting.
 Chief Inspector Gamache STILL LIFE
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β’ October 2025
 STILL LIFE
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β’ May 2007
 A FATAL GRACE
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β’ February 2008
 THE CRUELEST MONTH
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β’ December 2008
 A RULE AGAINST MURDER
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β’ September 2009
 THE BRUTAL TELLING
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β’ October 2009
 BURY YOUR DEAD
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β’ October 2010
 A TRICK OF THE LIGHT
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β’ September 2011
 THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY
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β’ September 2012
 HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN
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β’ September 2013
 THE LONG WAY HOME
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β’ September 2014
 THE NATURE OF THE BEAST
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β’ September 2015
 A GREAT RECKONING
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β’ September 2016
 GLASS HOUSES
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β’ September 2017
 KINGDOM OF THE BLIND
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β’ December 2018
 A BETTER MAN
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β’ September 2019
 ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE
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β’ September 2020
 THE MADNESS OF CROWDS
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β’ September 2021
 A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES
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β’ December 2022
 THE GREY WOLF
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β’ November 2024
 THE BLACK WOLF
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