How the Light Gets In

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny, 404 pgs.

A government employee grasps her steering wheel in a death grip, contemplating the huge secret she is about to bring to light. An inspector falls further and further into the depths of addiction, pushing away everyone he once loved. A police chief watches his once close-knit team fall apart. A former team-member rots in the cyber crimes division. A former superintendent rots in jail. Everything at the Surete seems to be careening simultaneously toward a cliff, but no one seems to know what lies below. It is up to Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his unorthodox team to figure out what is going on and how to stop it, before it is too late. 

Every book in the series thus far has led to this point. Fissures that appeared as hints in previous stories have grown into full-blown cracks threatening to crumble everything that Gamache knows. Penny masterfully builds tension throughout this novel, keeping readers on the edge of their seats as they figure out the dual mysteries through Gamache's eyes. The best in the series so far :)