u003cpu003eu003cbu003e*** WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD FOR BEST MYSTERY NOVEL 2021***u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e 'Makes most of her competitors seem like wannabes'u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eTHE TIMESu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eWelcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather for a family dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. But the evening ends in horror when Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Armand is convinced is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on an elderly man's life.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e When a strange key is found in Stephen's possession it sends Armand on a desperate search for the truth that will take him from the top of the Tour Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e And as Armand begins to uncover the secrets his godfather has kept hidden for decades, he finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and deceit that threatens to destroy everything - and everyone - he holds dear.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide . . .u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eTen million readers.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eThree pinesu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eOne inimitable Chief Inspector Gamacheu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e 'The series is deep and grand and u003cbu003ealtogether extraordinaryu003c/bu003e . . . Miraculous' u003ciu003eWashington Postu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e