the brutal telling: a chief inspector gamache novel (a chief inspector gamache mystery book 5)  <p><b>the wise and beleaguered chief inspector armand gamache returns to three pines <i>the brutal telling</i>, the fifth book in louise penny&apos;s #1 <i>new york times </i>bestselling series.</b><br /><i><br />chaos is coming, old son. <br /><br /></i>with those words the peace of three pines is shattered. everybody goes to olivier&apos;s bistro—including a stranger whose murdered body is found on the floor. when chief inspector gamache is called to investigate, he is dismayed to discover that olivier&apos;s story is full of holes. why are his fingerprints all over the cabin that&apos;s uncovered deep in the wilderness, with priceless antiques and the dead man&apos;s blood? and what other secrets and layers of lies are buried in the seemingly idyllic village?<br /><br />gamache follows a trail of clues and treasures—from first editions of <i>charlotte&apos;s web</i> and <i>jane eyre</i> to a spiderweb with a word mysteriously woven in it—into the woods and across the continent, before returning to three pines to confront the truth and the final, brutal telling.<br /><br /><b>*bonus content: this edition of <i>brutal telling</i> includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide. </b></p>