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The madness of crowds / Louise Penny.

Penny, Louise, (author.).

Summary:

"The next novel in the Chief Inspector Gamache series"-- Provided by publisher
"You're a coward." Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. While the residents of the Quebec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed, it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250145260
  • ISBN: 1250145260
  • ISBN: 9781250836557
  • ISBN: 1250836557
  • ISBN: 9781250145277
  • ISBN: 1250145279
  • ISBN: 9781250847263
  • ISBN: 1250847265
  • Physical Description: 436 pages : color illustration ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2021.
Subject:
Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > Québec (Province) > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 50 of 53 copies available at Westchester Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 53 total copies.

Other Formats and Editions

English (3)
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Eastchester Public Library MYSTERY PENNY (Text) 31008152553018 Mystery Available -
Greenburgh Public Library PENNY (Text) 31009154817948 Fiction Available -
Harrison Public Library MYSTERY PENNY, L. (Text) 31010300257021 Mystery Available -
Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library MYSTERY PENNY (Text) 31011151505542 Mystery Available -
Hendrick Hudson Free Library MYSTERY PENNY, LOUISE (Text) 31016151754958 Mystery Available -
Irvington Public Library FIC PENNY, L (Text) 31012154539181 Fiction Available -
John C. Hart Memorial Library PENNY (Text) 31030155032766 Fiction Available -
Katonah Village Library MYSTERY PENNY (Text) 31013151910425 Mystery Available -
Katonah Village Library MYSTERY PENNY (Text) 31013151910433 Mystery Available -
Larchmont Public Library PENNY (Text) 31014153012608 Fiction Available -