''Louise Penny''s writing is intricate, beautiful and compelling'' PETER JAMESThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache''s world of facts and feelings.Winter in Three Pines, and the sleepy village is carpeted in snow. It''s 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 woman''s 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...Ten million readers.Three pines.One inimitable Chief Inspector Gamache.''Penny is a joy'' IRISH TIMES