The madness of crowds
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Published
New York : Minotaur Books, 2022.
ISBN
9781250145277, 1250145279
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Collective behavior -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Gamache, Armand -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Police -- Québec (Province) -- Fiction.
Québec (Province) -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
Women college teachers -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Gamache, Armand -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Police -- Québec (Province) -- Fiction.
Québec (Province) -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
Women college teachers -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Minotaur Books, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781250145277, 1250145279
Notes
General Note
Includes discussion questions.
Description
"You're a coward." Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. While the residents of the Quebec 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 Surete du Quebec 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 nearly impossible to tell them apart. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments. 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. And the madness of crowds."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Penny, L. (2022). The madness of crowds (First Minotaur Books trade paperback edition.). Minotaur Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Penny, Louise. 2022. The Madness of Crowds. Minotaur Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Penny, Louise. The Madness of Crowds Minotaur Books, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Penny, Louise. The Madness of Crowds First Minotaur Books trade paperback edition., Minotaur Books, 2022.
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