The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel -- Louise Penny

<p><b><i>The Cruelest Month </i></b><b>is the third book in Louise Penny's award winning Three Pines mystery series featuring the wise and beleaguered Inspector Armand Gamache. </b> <p/> <b>Many mystery buffs have credited Louise Penny with the revival of the type of traditional murder mystery made famous by Agatha Christie ... -Sarah Weinman</b> <p/>Welcome to Three Pines, where the cruelest month is about to deliver on its threat. <p/>It's spring in the tiny, forgotten village; buds are on the trees and the first flowers are struggling through the newly thawed earth. But not everything is meant to return to life. . . <p/>When some villagers decide to celebrate Easter with a séance at the Old Hadley House, they are hoping to rid the town of its evil---until one of their party dies of fright. Was this a natural death, or was the victim somehow helped along? <p/>Brilliant, compassionate Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is called to investigate, in a case that will force him to face his own ghosts as well as those of a seemingly idyllic town where relationships are far more dangerous than they seem.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Louise Penny<br><b>Publisher:</b> Minotaur Books<br><b>Published:</b> 04/12/2011<br><b>Pages:</b> 320<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.62lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.22h x 5.59w x 0.84d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780312573508<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>LOUISE PENNY</b> is the author of the #1 <i>New York Times </i>and <i>