Armand Gamache, former head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec, has taken a new job - to rout out the corruption in the police academy, which has been turning out graduates who are very often unethical, even brutal.In spite of Gamache's firing of half the instructors, the culture of the police academy hasn't yet improved, and four months later, an instructor that Gamache was trying to find evidence against is found murdered. Inspector Isabelle Lacoste, a protege of Gamache, is joined by an outside independent investigator, Paul Gelinas. The details dredged up, sometimes from decades prior, are painful and make several people appear guilty of the murder, including Gamache. A warrant is imminent.
The cast of characters, both from Gamache's work life and from his home life in the tiny village of Three Pines, bring me next to the conversation and action. I can't say enough about Penny's writing: I am pulled into the story as a very involved character, holding my breath until the end.
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