"Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead."

But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow's garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara's solo show at the famed Musée in Montreal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Quebec village and there he finds the art world gathered, and with it a world of shading and nuance, a world of shadow and light. Where nothing is as it seems. Behind every smile there lurks a sneer. Inside every sweet relationship there hides a broken heart. And even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they've found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light.

LOUISE PENNY, a former CBC radio journalist, is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of fourteen Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has been awarded the John Creasey Dagger, Nero, Macavity and Barry Awards, as well as two each of the Arthur Ellis and Dilys Awards. Additionally, Penny has won six Agatha Awards and five Anthony Awards, and has been a finalist for an Edgar Award. She lives in a small village south of Montréal.

Her first Armand Gamache novel, "Still Life" won the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony and Dilys Awards.

Awards:

* Agatha Award: Best Novel

o 2007 – A Fatal Grace – Winner

o 2008 – The Cruelest Month – Winner

o 2009 – The Brutal Telling – Winner

o 2010 – Bury Your Dead – Winner

o 2013 – The Beautiful Mystery – Winner

* Arthur Ellis Award

o 2006 – Still Life – Winner Best First Crime Novel

o 2011 – Bury Your Dead – Winner Best Crime Novel

* Barry Award

o 2007 – Still Life – Best First Novel Winner

* Anthony Award

o 2007 – Still Life – Best First Novel Winner

o 2009 – The Brutal Telling – Best Novel Winner

o 2010 – Bury Your Dead – Best Novel Winner

o 2013 – The Beautiful Mystery – Best Novel Winner

* Macavity Award

o 2011 – Bury Your Dead – Best Mystery Novel Winner

o 2013 – The Beautiful Mystery – Best Mystery Novel Winner