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The madness of crowds

Summary: "You're a coward." Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. While the residents of the Quebec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller, all will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed, it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion. And the madness of crowds.

Item details

ISBN: 9781250145260
ISBN: 1250145260
ISBN: 9781250836557
ISBN: 1250836557
ISBN: 9781250840899
ISBN: 1250840899
ISBN: 9781250145284
Physical Description: print
436 pages : color illustration ; 25 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Sequel to: All the devils are here.

Color illustration on endpapers.

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Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character) Fiction
Police Québec (Province) Fiction
Fathers and daughters Fiction
Women college teachers Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood Fiction
Collective behavior Fiction
Murder Investigation Fiction
Missing persons Fiction
Québec (Province) Fiction
Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character)
Homicide
Police
Truth Disclosure
Faculty
Women
Father and child
Mass Gatherings
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Murder Investigation Fiction
Police Qu©♭bec (Province) Fiction
Women
Father-Child Relations
Pères et filles Romans, nouvelles, etc
Personnes disparues Romans, nouvelles, etc
Mensonge Romans, nouvelles, etc
Comportement collectif Romans, nouvelles, etc
Meurtre Enquêtes Romans, nouvelles, etc
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Père et enfant
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FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
Women college teachers
Women
Truthfulness and falsehood
Murder Investigation
Homicide
Father and child
Collective behavior
Fathers and daughters
Missing persons
Police
Québec
Police
Police Fiction
Homicide Fiction
Colleges and universities Faculty Fiction
Collective behavior Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood Fiction

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Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
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