A Fatal Grace
Synopsis of A Fatal Grace
Welcome to winter in Three Pines, a picturesque village in Quebec, where the villagers are preparing for a traditional country Christmas, and someone is preparing for murder.
No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless lover, not her pathetic daughter—and certainly none of the residents of Three Pines.
CC de Poitiers managed to alienate everyone, right up until the moment of her death.
When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, of the Sûreté du Quebec, is called to investigate, he quickly realizes he’s dealing with someone quite extraordinary.
CC de Poitiers was electrocuted in the middle of a frozen lake, in front of the entire village, as she watched the annual curling tournament. And yet no one saw anything.
Who could have been insane enough to try such a macabre method of murder—or brilliant enough to succeed?
With his trademark compassion and courage, Gamache digs beneath the idyllic surface of village life to find the dangerous secrets long buried there.
For a Quebec winter is not only staggeringly beautiful but deadly, and the people of Three Pines know better than to reveal too much of themselves. But other dangers are becoming clear to Gamache.
As a bitter wind blows into the village, something even more chilling is coming for Gamache himself.
En A Fatal Grace, el pintoresco pueblo de Three Pines se prepara para celebrar una idílica Navidad en mitad del crudo invierno de Quebec. Sin embargo, la festividad queda truncada por un crimen insólito: nadie soportaba a CC de Poitiers, pero su trágico final deja horrorizada a la comunidad.
La mujer muere electrocutada en pleno lago helado mientras presenciaba el torneo anual de curling a la vista de todos. A pesar de la concurrencia, nadie parece haber visto nada. El inspector jefe Armand Gamache, de la Sûreté du Québec, asume la investigación y comprende rápidamente que se enfrenta a un asesino tan brillante como despiadado.
En esta apasionante entrega de Louise Penny, Gamache deberá indagar bajo la apacible superficie de la vida rural para desenterrar secretos oscuros muy bien guardados. Mientras un viento helado azota la región, el perspicaz inspector descubrirá que los vecinos no son los únicos que ocultan enigmas, sino que una amenaza implacable se cierne sobre su propia vida.