The Brutal Telling – (a Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 5)

Ingenious and unexpected’and GUARDIANThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache’s world of facts and feelings.When Chief Inspector Gamache arrives in picturesque Three Pines, he steps into a village in chaos. A man has been found bludgeoned to death, and there is no sign of a weapon, a motive or even the dead man’s name.As Gamache and his colleagues start to dig under the skin of this peaceful haven for clues, they uncover a trail of stolen treasure, mysterious codes and a shameful history that begins to shed light on the victim’s identity – and points to a terrifying killer…Ten million readers.Three pines.One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.’One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction’and THE TIMES