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The madness of crowds / Louise Penny.

Penny, Louise. (Author). Bathurst, Robert, 1957- (narrator.).

Summary:
While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's near impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250810670
  • ISBN: 1250810671
  • Physical Description: 12 audio discs (15 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Macmillan Audio, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from web page.
Compact discs.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Robert Bathurst.
Subject: Gamache, Armand (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Police > Québec (Province) > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Québec (Province) > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.

Available copies

  • 22 of 26 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 26 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library TALKING BOOKS MYS PENNY (Text) 50687011748244 Adult Audio Available -
Albright Memorial Library TALKING BOOKS MYS PENNY (Text) 50686016082120 Adult Audio Available -
Altoona Area Public Library AB PEN (Text) 33240004939123 Adult Audiobook Checked Out 04/04/2024
Cambria County Library CD-BOOK Pen (Text) 85131001773325 CACM Audio Available -
Dalton Community Library TALKING BOOKS MYS PENNY (Text) 50689010446366 Adult Audio Available -
DuBois Public Library AUDIO CD PENNY (Text) 61000100066469 Adult Audiobook On Holds Shelf -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults PEN Audiobook (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2021: In Memory of Arlene Utz Hollinger
34007002444599 Audio Area Checked Out 04/18/2024
Indian Valley Public Library BOOK ON CD Mystery Penny (Text) 39427103523122 Copier Room: Audiobook Mystery Available -
Kreutz Creek Valley Library Adults PEN Audiobook (Text) 34261000567840 Audio Area Available -
Lower Macungie Library AUDIOCD FIC PEN (Text) 33400001521619 Adult Audiobook Fiction Available -

Summary: While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson's views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it's near impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold. Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone. When a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion.

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