He has his two right-hand cohorts helping him stay in the loop, as they are still employed by the Surete. She is in the academy and a protégée of the murdered professor. Amelia is more likely to be on the other side of a police line-up. What is the story here?Īlthough not officially, Gamache does investigate. Gamache sees Amelia Choquet, one of the cadets, tattooed and piercings everywhere Gamache turns.

And it is connected to the old woman who named Gamache executor. Summary: Gamache, Myrna, and Benedict, a young building maintenance worker who hopes to be a builder are named as liquidators of the estate of a cleaning woman while Amelia Choquet, caught with drugs, is expelled from the Academy to the streets as a powerful and lethal drug is about to hit. She wrote the masterful Kingdom of the Blind despite a punishing schedule.

But he knows she can make connections and he has her followed because he believes she will find the source of the missing drugs, which have not yet hit the streets.īut then there is a death. Meanwhile, Armand Gamache is still suspended from his post as head of the Surete du Quebec because of an operation he ran without authorization that resulted in the loss of a large amount of drugs and the near-death of an officer.Īnd further meanwhile, Gamache's personal pick for the academy, Amelia Choquet, shows signs of drug use and is screwing up her chances at success. The strangest thing is that all three say they have never heard of this woman. A Notary meets them there and tells them they have been named executors of the will of a woman. Kingdom of the Blind is the latest in Louise Penny’s popular mystery series featuring Chief Superintendent Armand Gamache, former head of the Sûreté de Québec, who lives with his wife Reine-Marie in the tiny village of Three Pines. Gamache and two others are sent letters to invite them to an abandoned farmhouse not far from Three Pines.

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