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A Trick of the Light: thrilling and page-turning crime fiction from the author of the bestselling Inspector Gamache novels
Louise Penny
Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense
Gripping, complex and beautifully written, and featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache, A TRICK OF THE LIGHT is the acclaimed novel from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.
'A cracking storyteller' ANN CLEEVES
'Stellar . . . With her smart plot and fascinating, nuanced characters, Penny proves again that she is one of our finest writers' PEOPLE MAGAZINE
There is more to solving a crime than following the clues.
Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.
In the green depths of spring, morning breaks on a woman splayed in a bed of flowers - her eyes wide, her neck broken.
Her death is a mystery; so is the woman herself. But as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team peer into the dark corners of the victim's past, they expose a secret that rots at the very heart of their community - a secret that will implicate someone they've trusted for years. And as Gamache knows too well, in the flickering shadows of death, the truth may be just a trick of the light.
Millions of readers worldwide.
One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.
Praise for A Trick of the Light: thrilling and page-turning crime fiction from the author of the bestselling Inspector Gamache novels
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Stellar . . . With her smart plot and fascinating, nuanced characters, Penny proves again that she is one of our finest writers - People Magazine
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Outstanding . . . Penny effectively employs the interplay of light and dark . . . which resonates symbolically in the souls of the characters - Publishers Weekly
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A commanding and artful performance . . . For connoisseurs of mysteries, success is judged by the genre's holy trinity: plot, people and prose. When all three attain excellence, a fourth quality shines through: power . . . what lifts her work to the highest plane is the deep sense of humanity with which she invests her novels, and A TRICK OF THE LIGHT satisfies and surpasses that standard - Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Louise Penny's writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling. She is an original voice, a distillation of both PD James and Barbara Vine at their peaks and a worthy successor to both - Peter James
Louise Penny
Louise Penny is an international award-winning and bestselling author whose books have hit number one on the New York Times, USA Today and Globe and Mail lists. Her Chief Inspector Gamache novels have been translated into thirty-one languages and have sold over 18 million copies worldwide. She has received the Ordre National du Quebec and the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture. In 2021, she co-authored the standalone thriller State of Terror with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Louise Penny lives in a village south of Montreal.
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