Book #9 in the Inspector Gamache Canadian mysteries, this title is a strong entry in the series (#10 is due to come out in a few weeks). Possibly his last case, Gamache is summoned to the town of Three Pines to help a friend there discover what happened to a friend to seems to have disappeared. That story line runs parallel to the one of Jean-Guy Beauvoir, Gamache’s former right-hand man who is now estranged from Gamache after their last investigation ended up with fatalities and Jean-Guy addicted to drugs. The two stories work nicely together: the missing woman is one of the famous quintuplet sisters who had kept her identity a secret. Uncovering the woman’s past is fascinating (somewhat based on the real-life Dionne quints). Exciting culmination and character-driven plot.
