She lost her beloved husband to dementia in 2016 at age 83. They were married for 20 years, and she described him as a man of kindness, thoughtfulness, generosity, and a man of courage and integrity. She turned to alcohol, until age 35 when she admitted her problem to herself and has been sober since.Īfter accomplishing sobriety, she met her future husband, Michael Whitehead, who was head of hematology at Montreal's Childrens Hospital. Many times, she had postings booked far from family and friends, so loneliness became a big problem. Penny's earlier career was a broadcaster with the Canadian Broadcasting System after her graduation from college. She won several awards for her work, including the Agatha Award for five years, and the Anthony Award five times, as well as publication in 23 languages. The main character of her novels is francophone Chief InspectorArmand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec. And in that darkness devils hide.Ī Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur BooksĬanadian author, Louise Penny, has been very successful in her career of writing mystery novels.

His own family.įor even the City of Light casts long shadows. In order to find the truth, Gamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friends, his colleagues, his instincts, his own past. Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. It sends them deep into the secrets Armand’s godfather has kept for decades.Ī gruesome discovery in Stephen’s Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized. When a strange key is found in Stephen’s possession it sends Armand, his wife Reine-Marie, and his former second-in-command at the Surete, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, from the top of the Tour d’Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives, from luxury hotels to odd, coded, works of art. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on the elderly man’s life. On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light

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