02240cam a2200349 4500 1022579626 TxAuBib 20190309120000.0 170526s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781250066190 hardcover 1250066190 hardcover DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Penny, Louise. Glass houses : a [Chief Inspector Gamache] novel / Louise Penny. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2017. 391 p. ; 25 cm. Three Pines mysteries ; 13 Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series ; 13 Illustrated endpapers. When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. Then wary. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead. From the moment its shadow falls over the village, Gamache, now Chief Superintendent of the du Quebec, suspects the creature has deep roots and a dark purpose. Yet he does nothing. What can he do? Only watch and wait. And hope his mounting fears are not realized. But when the figure vanishes overnight and a body is discovered, it falls to Gamache to discover if a debt has been paid or levied. Months later, on a steamy July day as the trial for the accused begins in Montreal, Chief Superintendent Gamache continues to struggle with actions he set in motion that bitter November, from which there is no going back. More than the accused is on trial. Gamache's own conscience is standing in judgment. The author shatters the conventions of the crime novel to explore what Gandhi called the court of conscience. A court that supersedes all others. Adult. 20200831. Lefty Award finalist for Best Mystery Novel, 2018. Gamache, Armand (Fictional character) Fiction. Police Québec (Province) Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Mystery ficton. Three Pines mysteries ; 13. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series ; 13. TXNES