The Madness of Crowds, Louise PennyChief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel, The Madness of Crowds. Youre a coward. Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. It starts innocently enough. While the residents of the Qubec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals

"Dear John

only to fall victim to the seduction of storytelling itself

beautifully written novel—among the finest we have had from this extraordinary writer

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the narrator

Sharper canines

among the very generals and politicians whose actions and policies brought us repeatedly to the brink of nuclear war

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tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners

The book was originally written in Spannish but has been translated into thirty seven languages and till date has sold over thirty million copies

Choosing to live and spend time alone