The Madness of Crowds

Resumen del libro

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 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? 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 ... PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES:'Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINA 'She makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes' THE TIMES'Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium' THE NEW YORK TIMES'Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery' DAILY EXPRESS'The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . .

. Miraculous' WASHINGTON POST'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny.' ELLY GRIFFITHS'An absolute joy' IRISH TIMES

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Louise Pennyx{0026}lt;/B (Toronto, 1958) comenzó trabajando como periodista y locutora radiofónica para la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Las diecisiete novelas que ha escrito del ciclo dedicado a Armand Gamache y la localidad de Three Pines han sido traducidas a veintinueve idiomas y han merecido varios Agatha Awards y Anthony Awards, entre otros muchísimos reconocimientos y distinciones. En 2013 fue nombrada Miembro de la Ordende Canadá por su contribución a difundir la cultura del país. x{0026}lt;I Casas de cristalx{0026}lt;/I , que obtuvo los prestigiosos premios Agatha y Left Coast Crime y se encaramó al primer puesto de la lista de más vendidos de x{0026}lt;I The New York Timesx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I The Globe and Mailx{0026}lt;/I , fue considerado uno de los mejores libros del año por los libreros y la crítica. La serie Three Pines , basada en las novelas de Louise Penny y con Alfred Molina en el papel de Armand Gamache, se ha estrenado con gran éxito en Amazon Prime Video.x{0026}lt;/P