The novel “This Beautiful Secret” continues the series of investigations by the brilliant Chief Inspector Armand Gamache—a new character created by Louise Penny, the only person in the world to have won the Agatha Christie Award five times.
In this secluded monastery hidden in the wilderness of Quebec, there is nearly always silence, only interrupted by old chants. The monks’ beautiful voices enchant everyone lucky enough to hear them, and it seems there is no room for evil beside such beauty. But in the monastery, a murder occurs, and Chief Inspector Armand Gamache begins an investigation—without realizing that he himself will soon become a victim: a victim of betrayal carried out by his most devoted assistant…