{"product_id":"the-madness-of-crowds-chief-inspector-gamache-novel-17","title":"The Madness of Crowds (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #17)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou're a coward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTime and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt starts innocently enough. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile the residents of the Qu bec 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe'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. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the S ret du Qu bec 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey 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 near impossible to tell them apart. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea va bien aller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd the madness of crowds.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42950125093104,"sku":"9781250145277","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42950125125872,"sku":"9781250145278","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/products\/ibg.common.titledetail.imageloader_ab926d72-01d2-4b36-b986-675074f35c24.gif?v=1654630697","url":"https:\/\/shop.landmarkbooksellers.com\/products\/the-madness-of-crowds-chief-inspector-gamache-novel-17","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}