The Grey Wolf: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Book 19)

The 19th mystery in Louise Penny's Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt Armand Gamache's peaceful August morning in Three Pines, a tiny Québec village. Though he initially refuses to answer, Gamache eventually picks up, his rage shattering the calm of the morning. This begins a sequence of strange events: a missing coat, an intruder alarm, a cryptic note, a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list, and then a murder. These occurrences propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team—including his son-in-law and second in command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and Inspector Isabelle Lacoste—toward a terrible realization. Something far more sinister than any single case is approaching. As old friends begin to act like enemies and long-time enemies appear to be friends, the team can only trust each other. Their pursuit takes them across Québec and across borders, growing increasingly desperate as they track down the threat. If they fail, the consequences would reach into the largest cities and the smallest villages, including Three Pines.