{"product_id":"9781529379426","title":"The Madness of Crowds","description":"Author: Louise Penny\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529379426\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Aug 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe incredible new book in Louise Penny's #1 bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a statistics lecture given at the Universite de l'Estrie in Quebec, he is dubious. Why ask the head of homicide to provide security for what sounds like a minor, even mundane lecture?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut dangerous ideas about who deserves to live in order for society to thrive are rapidly gaining popularity, fuelled by the research of the eminent Professor Abigail Robinson. Yet for every person seduced by her theories there is another who is horrified by them. When a murder is committed days after the lecture, it's clear that within crowds can lie madness.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo uncover the truth, Gamache must put his own feelings about the divisive Professor to one side. But with her ideas gaining ground, the line separating good and evil, right and wrong, is quickly blurring - especially when the case leads unexpectedly close to 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\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'She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\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 mystery' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY EXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny.' \u003cb\u003eELLY GRIFFITHS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An absolute joy'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e IRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363088224414,"sku":"ADS-9781529379426","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529379426.jpg?v=1767312889","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529379426","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}