The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #8)

by Louise Penny

Beauvoir knew that the root of all evil wasn’t money. No, what created and drove evil was fear.

“And we both know the archdiocese moves like continental drift, and Rome as fast as evolution.” The abbot smiled then grew serious again.

“While the scientists say it’s alpha waves, the Church calls it ‘the beautiful mystery.’”