Una Ofensa Mortal / A Great Reckoning

When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes. Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets. To an old friend and older adversary. It leads the former Chief of Homicide for the Sãuretâe du Quâebec to places even he is afraid to go. And there he finds four young cadets in the Sãuretâe academy, and a dead professor. And, with the body, a copy of the old, odd map. Everywhere Gamache turns, he sees Amelia Choquet, one of the cadets. Tattooed and pierced. Guarded and angry. Amelia is more likely to be found on the other side of a police line-up. And yet she is in the academy. A protâegâee of the murdered professor. The focus of the investigation soon turns to Gamache himself and his mysterious relationship with Amelia, and his possible involvement in the crime. The frantic search for answers takes the investigators back to Three Pines and a stained glass window with its own horrific secrets. For both Amelia Choquet and Armand Gamache, the time has come for a great reckoning.--Translation of the Spanish.

Louise Penny (Toronto, 1958) comenzó trabajando como periodista y locutora radiofónica para la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Debutó en 2005 con Naturaleza muerta, con la que consiguió el favor del público, el aplauso de la crítica y multitud de premios. Las trece novelas que ha escrito del ciclo dedicado al inspector jefe Armand Gamache y la localidad de Three Pines han sido traducidas a veinticinco idiomas y han merecido seis Agatha Awards y seis Anthony Awards, entre otros muchísimos premios y distinciones. Además, sus últimos títulos se han situado en los primeros puestos de la lista de libros más vendidos de The New York Times.

En 2013 fue nombrada Miembro de la Orden de Canadá por su contribución a difundir la cultura del país.