{"product_id":"a-world-of-curiosities-a-novel","title":"A World of Curiosities A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTANT #1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgatha Award Winner for Best Contemporary Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Times\u003ci\u003e bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut something has.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators’ lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they’ve arrived in the village of Three Pines. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut to what end?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGamache and Beauvoir’s memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Did their mother’s murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 160-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there’s more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand Gamache’s home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55707450572873,"sku":null,"price":15.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/5336\/3785\/files\/2368003482633.jpg?v=1780016642","url":"https:\/\/morebetterbooks.com\/products\/a-world-of-curiosities-a-novel","provider":"More Better Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}