- Mystery, Murder, Police, Investigation
An obsessive historian's quest for the remains of the founder of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain, ends in murder. Could a secret buried with Champlain for nearly 400 years be so dreadful that someone would kill to protect it?
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Louise Penny
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 480
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Paperbacks, Salamandra, Sphere
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780755341078
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