This is #7 about Inspector Gamache. It's terrific and I'll keep reading these books as long as Ms Penny writes them.

But I do have a complaint about this one. Inspector Gamache and his crack team seem to know nothing about Alcoholics Anonymous at the beginning of this story. I've never been a member, but I've watched enough TV shows and read enough books to recognize a line from the serenity prayer and to know something about the steps a recovering alcoholic is supposed to take.

I'm also a little surprised that they had to look at microfiche for 20 year old articles at La Presse, but maybe that's accurate.