This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
A BETTER MAN. Copyright © 2019 by Three Pines Creations, Inc. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
Excerpts from “Waiting” and “Sekmet” from Morning in the Burned House: New Poems by Margaret Atwood. Copyright © 1995 by Margaret Atwood. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. In Canada: Copyright ©1995 by O. W. Toad. Reprinted by permission of McClelland & Stewart, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited.
Excerpts from Vapour Trails by Marylyn Plessner (2000). Used by permission of Stephen Jarislowsky.
Art by MaryAnna Coleman / www.maryannacolemandesign.com
Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
Cover illustration by Hattie Buckwell
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Penny, Louise, author.
Title: A better man: a Chief Inspector Gamache novel / Louise Penny.
Description: First Edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019012651 | ISBN 9781250066213 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250265074 (signed) | ISBN 9781250257833 (international, sold outside the U.S., subject to rights availability) | ISBN 9781466873711 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PR9199.4.P464 B48 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019012651
eISBN 9781466873711
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First U.S. Edition: August 2019
First International Edition: August 2019