[Chief Inspector Armand Gamache 02] • Mística Fatal

Welcome to winter in Three Pines, a picturesque village in Quebec, where the

villagers are preparing for a traditional country Christmas, and someone is

preparing for murder.

No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless lover,

not her pathetic daughter—and certainly none of the residents of Three Pines.

CC de Poitiers managed to alienate everyone, right up until the moment of her

death.

When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, of the Sûreté du Québec, is called to

investigate, he quickly realizes he's dealing with someone quite

extraordinary. CC de Poitiers was electrocuted in the middle of a frozen lake,

in front of the entire village, as she watched the annual curling tournament.

And yet no one saw anything. Who could have been insane enough to try such a

macabre method of murder—or brilliant enough to succeed?

With his trademark compassion and courage, Gamache digs beneath the idyllic

surface of village life to find the dangerous secrets long buried there. For a

Quebec winter is not only staggeringly beautiful but deadly, and the people of

Three Pines know better than to reveal too much of themselves. But other

dangers are becoming clear to Gamache. As a bitter wind blows into the

village, something even more chilling is coming for Gamache himself.