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008 230927s2019 nyu 000 1 eng d
020 _a9781250210739
040 _cQCPL
_erda
082 _aFic
100 1 _aPenny, Louise
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aKingdom of the blind
_c/ Louise Penny
250 _aSt. Martin's Paperbacks edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSt. Martin's Paperbacks
_c2019
300 _a518 pages
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
490 _aChief inspector Armand Gamache series
500 _a"A novel"--Cover.
520 _aWhen 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.
650 _aInheritance and succession
_vFiction
655 7 _2lcgft
_aDetective and mystery fiction
_910527
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
690 _aMystery, thriller & suspense