Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

First sentence:

"Armand Gamache slowed his car to a crawl, then stopped on the snow-covered secondary road."

Description:

"When a peculiar letter arrived inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the Surete du Quebec discovers that a complete stranger has named him one of the executors of her will. Still one expression, and frankly curious, Gamache accepts and soon learns that the other two executors are Myrna Landers, the bookseller from Three Pines, and a young builder.

None of them had ever met the elderly woman.

The will is so odd and includes bequests that are so wildly unlikely that Gamache and the others suspect the woman must have been delusional. But what if, Gamache begins to ask himself, she was perfectly sane?

When a body is found, the terms of the bizarre will suddenly seem less peculiar and far more menacing.

But it isn't the only menace Gamache is facing.

The investigation into what happened six months ago--the events that led to his suspension--has dragged on, into the dead of winter. And while most of the opiods he allowed to slip through his hands, in order to bring down the cartels, have been retrieved, there is one devastating exception.

Enough narcotic to kill thousands has disappeared into inner-city Montreal. With the deadly drug about to hit the streets, Gamache races for answers.

As he uses increasingly audacious, even desperate, measures to retrieve the drug, Armanad Gamache begins to see his own blind spots. And the terrible things hiding there." -- from the inside flap

My thoughts:

While it has been a while since I read this book, I remember I liked the twists and turns as Gamache and his friends try to figure out what's going on. Someday, I will re-read not only this book but the others in this intriguing series.

Series: Inspector Gamache, #14
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 3*/5 = good

ISBN-10: 1250066204 
ISBN-13: 9781250066206
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Year: 2018
# of pages:386
Binding: Hardcover
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