How The Light Gets In (A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel)

About this book

""There is a crack in everything. Thats how the light gets in." --"Leonard Cohen Christmas is approaching and in Quebec its a time of dazzling snowfalls bright lights and gatherings with friends in front of blazing hearths. But shadows are falling on the usually festive season for Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Most of his best agents have left the Homicide Department his old friend and lieutenant Jean-Guy Beauvoir hasnt spoken to him in months and hostile forces are lining up against him. When Gamache receives a message from Myrna Landers that a longtime friend has failed to arrive for Christmas in the village of Three Pines he welcomes the chance to get away from the city. Mystified by Myrnas reluctance to reveal her friends name Gamache soon discovers the missing woman was once one of the most famous people not just in North America but in the world and now goes unrecognized by virtually everyone except the mad brilliant poet Ruth Zardo. As events come to a head Gamache is drawn ever deeper into the world of Three Pines. Increasingly he is not only investigating the disappearance of Myrnas friend but also seeking a safe place for himself and his still-loyal colleagues. Is there peace to be found even in Three Pines and at what cost to Gamache and the people he holds dear?