The Madness of Crowds

The incredible new book in Louise Penny's #1 bestselling Chief Inspector
Gamache series.

When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is asked to provide crowd control at a
statistics lecture given at the Université 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?

But 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.

To 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 ...

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