How the Light Gets In

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (2013) 405 pages

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, head of homicide, is handling two very different cases: First, he's called by a friend in the tiny village of Three Pines, to talk about someone who was due to visit for Christmas, but who never showed up. This person was the last surviving quintuplet born to a Canadian family in the 1930s, who was doing everything she could to protect her privacy. What happened to her? Gamache's other case is of extreme importance: he's working to gain enough evidence to bring down the corruption in his very own office, the Sûreté of Québec, before it brings him down and does so much worse. Meanwhile, Gamache's beloved former right hand man, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, is under the thumb of the Chief Superintendent Francoeur, and Jean-Guy sees Gamache as his enemy.

I read with rapt attention; the book refused to let go when I wasn't reading. Louise Penny remains my favorite mystery writer!