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A Fatal Grace
Mystery
A Fatal Grace
Book 2 of the Chief Inspector Gamache series
A disliked lifestyle guru is electrocuted during a curling match in the snow-covered village of Three Pines. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache discovers that public hostility does not make the murder method easy to explain or the killer simple to identify. The victim's carefully manufactured identity and the village's private resentments complicate the case. Wintry and character-rich, this mystery suits fireside reading for fans of closed communities, humane detectives, unusual murder methods, and the moral consequences of cruelty disguised as self-improvement.
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Crime, danger, and death
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