The Madness of Crowds

While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request. He's asked to provide security for a visiting Professor of Statistics who will be giving a lecture at the nearby university. 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. Another Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery.