In the middle of the Christmas curling bonspiel in the enchanted Quebec village of Three Pines, the deeply unpleasant CC de Poitiers is electrocuted in broad daylight, in front of a crowd of onlookers.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec is called in to investigate, but finds a case peopled entirely with suspects – everyone in the village seems to have hated the victim, including her own family.
As Gamache uncovers old secrets and new betrayals, he begins to realise that this case connects to something far larger, and more dangerous, than a single Christmas murder. The gripping second novel in the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache series.
