A World of Curiosities

The novel “Time of Betrayal” continues the series of investigations led by Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. This charming character was created by the pen of Louise Penny, the only five-time Agatha Christie Award laureate in the world. The psychological sharpness and dynamism of Penny’s storytelling—present in all her detective novels—promises the reader an exciting ride through the twists of the plot right up to the very climax.

For Armand Gamache, hard times have come. His most reliable and devoted assistant has turned away from his mentor. The homicide investigation department that Gamache painstakingly built over many years has been disbanded; all employees have been transferred to other units, replaced by idlers and brash newcomers. Gamache himself is being forced—at every turn—to resign. But before he does, he must conduct one final investigation. A message comes to him from the village of Three Pines: Mirna Lander’s friend has gone missing. She had promised to visit Mirna for Christmas.

Beginning to search for the missing woman, Gamache still doesn’t know that behind the name Constance Pine was hiding one of the most famous figures—not only in Canada or North America, but in the entire world…