Cover of The Cruellest Month

Book Details

9780755328949

Headline Book Publishing

2007

Chief Inspector Gamache (Book 3)

The Cruellest Month

by Louise Penny

It's Easter, and on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. When Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A seance in an old abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone has been frightened to death. In idyllic Three Pines, terrible secrets lie buried, and even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is about to betray him. But how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall?

Added to catalog: March 21, 2026