The Madness of Crowds: Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Book 17

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel You’re a coward. Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. It starts innocently enough. While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He’s asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson’s views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it’s near impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds. The Incredible New Book In Louise Penny's #1 Bestselling Inspector Gamache Series. When Inspector Gamache Is Asked To Provide Crowd Control At A Statistics Lecture Given At The Université De L'estrie, He Is Dubious. What Lecture Might Be So Contentious That It Would Require The Sureté Du Quebec To Supervise It? But Following The Pandemic, Dangerous Ideas About Who Deserves To Live In Order For Society To Function Are Rapidly Gaining Popularity, Fuelled By The Research Of The Eminent Professor Abigail Robinson. Yet For Every Person Seduced By Her Theories Is Another One Who Is Horrified By Them. When A Murder Is Committed Days After Someone Tried To Shoot The Professor On Stage, It's Clear That Someone In Three Pines Is Prepared To Do Anything To Stop Her. To Uncover The Truth, Gamache Must Put His Own Feelings About The Divisive Professor To One Side. But With A Vision Of Humanity Itself At Stake, The Line Separating Good And Evil Can Blur Just As Quickly As The One Between Reason And Madness - Especially When The Clues Lead Unexpectedly Close To Home . . . Praise For Louise Penny And The Inspector Gamache Series: 'louise Penny Is One Of The Greatest Crime Writers Of Our Times' Denise Mina 'she Makes Most Of Her Competitors Seem Like Wannabes' The Times 'gamache Has Become To Canada What Hercule Poirot Is To Belgium' The New York Times 'louise Penny Twists And Turns The Plot Expertly Tripping The Reader Up Just At The Moment You Think You Might Have Solved The Mystery' Daily Express 'the Series Is Deep And Grand And Altogether Extraordinary . . . Miraculous' Washington Post 'no One Does Atmospheric Quite Like Louise Penny.' Elly Griffiths 'an Absolute Joy' Irish Times "You're a coward." Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. While the residents of the Quebec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller, all will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed, it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds.-- Provided by publisher The Incredible New Book In Louise Penny's #1 Bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache Series. When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Is Asked To Provide Crowd Control At A Statistics Lecture Given At The Université De L'estrie In Quebec, He Is Dubious. Why Ask The Head Of Homicide To Provide Security For What Sounds Like A Minor, Even Mundane Lecture? But Dangerous Ideas About Who Deserves To Live In Order For Society To Thrive Are Rapidly Gaining Popularity, Fuelled By The Research Of The Eminent Professor Abigail Robinson. Yet For Every Person Seduced By Her Theories There Is Another Who Is Horrified By Them. When A Murder Is Committed Days After The Lecture, It's Clear That Within Crowds Can Lie Madness. To Uncover The Truth, Gamache Must Put His Own Feelings About The Divisive Professor To One Side. But With Her Ideas Gaining Ground, The Line Separating Good And Evil, Right And Wrong, Is Quickly Blurring - Especially When The Case Leads Unexpectedly Close To Home ... Praise For Louise Penny And The Inspector Gamache Series: 'louise Penny Is One Of The Greatest Crime Writers Of Our Times' Denise Mina 'she Makes Most Of Her Competitors Seem Like Wannabes' The Times 'gamache Has Become To Canada What Hercule Poirot Is To Belgium' The New York Times 'louise Penny Twists And Turns The Plot Expertly Tripping The Reader Up Just At The Moment You Think You Might Have Solved The Mystery' Daily Express 'the Series Is Deep And Grand And Altogether Extraordinary . . . Miraculous' Washington Post 'no One Does Atmospheric Quite Like Louise Penny.' Elly Griffiths 'an Absolute Joy' Irish Times The Incredible New Book In Louise Penny's #1 Bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache Series.when Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Is Asked To Provide Crowd Control At A Statistics Lecture Given At The Universite De L'estrie In Quebec, He Is Dubious. Why Ask The Head Of Homicide To Provide Security For What Sounds Like A Minor, Even Mundane Lecture?but Dangerous Ideas About Who Deserves To Live In Order For Society To Thrive Are Rapidly Gaining Popularity, Fuelled By The Research Of The Eminent Professor Abigail Robinson. Yet For Every Person Seduced By Her Theories There Is Another Who Is Horrified By Them. When A Murder Is Committed Days After The Lecture, It's Clear That Within Crowds Can Lie Madness.to Uncover The Truth, Gamache Must Put His Own Feelings About The Divisive Professor To One Side. But With Her Ideas Gaining Ground, The Line Separating Good And Evil, Right And Wrong, Is Quickly Blurring - Especially When The Case Leads Unexpectedly Close To Home ...praise For Louise Penny And The Inspector Gamache Series:'louise Penny Is One Of The Greatest Crime Writers Of Our Times' Denise Mina'she Makes Most Of Her Competitors Seem Like Wannabes' The Times'gamache Has Become To Canada What Hercule Poirot Is To Belgium' The New York Times'louise Penny Twists And Turns The Plot Expertly Tripping The Reader Up Just At The Moment You Think You Might Have Solved The Mystery' Daily Express'the Series Is Deep And Grand And Altogether Extraordinary . . . Miraculous' Washington Post'no One Does Atmospheric Quite Like Louise Penny.' Elly Griffiths'an Absolute Joy' Irish Times "You're a coward." Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. While the residents of the Quebec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ©ʹa va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed, it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds When Inspector Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a statistics lecture given at the Universite de l'Estrie, he is dubious. What lecture might be so contentious that it would require the Surete du Quebec to supervise it? But following the pandemic, dangerous ideas about who deserves to live in order for society to function are rapidly gaining popularity, fuelled by the research of the eminent Professor Abigail Robinson. Yet for every person seduced by her theories is another one who is horrified by them. When a murder is committed days after someone tried to shoot the professor on stage, it's clear that someone in Three Pines is prepared to do anything to stop her. To uncover the truth, Gamache must put his own feelings about the divisive Professor to one side. But with a vision of humanity itself at stake, the line separating good and evil can blur just as quickly as the one between reason and madness - especially when the clues lead unexpectedly close to home