International phenomenon Louise Penny, winner of the CWA First Novel Dagger and a mainstay of the New York Times bestseller list, makes her Sphere debut with an ingenious mystery sure to delight readers of P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, and Alexander McCall Smith.
As ancient Quebec City shivers in the grip of winter, Armand Gamache, renowned chief of the Quebec police force, investigates a brutal murder committed in the Literary & Historical Society, a library owned by the city's English residents.
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.