The second Inspector Gamache novel, reissued and repackaged by Sphere Winter in Three Pines, and the sleepy village is carpeted in snow. Its a time of peace and goodwill - until a scream pierces the biting air. A spectator at the annual Boxing Day curling match has been fatally electrocuted. Despite the large crowd, there are no witnesses and - apparently - no clues. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache discovers a history of secrets and enemies in the dead womans past. But he has enemies of his own, and as he is frozen out of decision-making in the Surete du Quebec, he has to decide who he can trust...
ALOIS NEBEL 
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