{"product_id":"9781399702324","title":"A World of Curiosities","description":"Author: Louise Penny\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399702324\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Nov 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's spring and Three Pines is re-emerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should return.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But something has.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Surete du Quebec investigators' lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they've arrived in the village of Three Pines.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But to what end?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gamache and Beauvoir's memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Did their mother's murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 150-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there's more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand Gamache's home.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Enthralling ... With beautifully drawn characters, this is \u003cb\u003ecrime writing of the highest order\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003esatisfying and multi-layered mystery\u003c\/b\u003e, in Penny's excellent series' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIRISH INDEPENDENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Louise Penny is on peak form ...  \u003cb\u003ea grown-up, timely thriller\u003c\/b\u003e that considers the nature of cowardice ... merges the personal and professional life of her detective with equal skill and wit' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003egreat sense of place and characterisation\u003c\/b\u003e ... very much a book that will make you think' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHOTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times' \u003cb\u003eDENISE MINA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mys","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449887903902,"sku":"ADS-9781399702324","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399702324.jpg?v=1769572917","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399702324","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}