About the book: 2008 / The silence of the provincial life of the village of Three Pines in Quebec is disrupted by the tragic death of a woman who recently bought the house of the murderer Ben Hedley. Her death occurred under incredible circumstances, and it looks like it was a carefully planned murder. Inspector Armand Gamache and his team will have to figure out how the killer managed to strike literally in front of all the villagers and go unnoticed…