num_pages: 311
description: 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 Québec, 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.
language: English
title: A Fatal Grace
titlecomplete: A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2)
characters: Isabelle Lacoste, Olivier Brulé, Beatrice Mayer, Myrna Landers, Saul Petrov, Yvette Nichol, Dr. Sharon Harris, Peter Morrow, Robert Lemieux, Kaye Thompson, Chief Inspector Gamache, Crie, Eleanor Allaire, Richard Lyon, Jean Guy Beauvoir, Clara Morrow, Ruth Zardo, CC de Poitiers, Billy Williams, Emile Longpre, Gabriel Dubeau
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Cozy Mystery, Canada, Murder Mystery, Mystery
ratings_count: 118924
places: Canada, Three Pines, Quebec, Quebec (Québec)
series: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Minotaur Books