A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15)

by Louise Penny

He’d taken each for a leisurely walk, early in their placement in homicide, and told them the four statements that led to wisdom. Never repeating them. I was wrong. I’m sorry. I don’t know. I need help.

It did not seem to Isabelle Lacoste a great addition to the Sûreté motto. Service, integrity, justice, and, occasionally, stupidity.

“Is it true? Is it kind? Does it need to be said?”

Lacoste stared at him. Seeing the ghosts in his eyes. The horrific decisions, the terrible orders conceived and carried out. The consequences of leadership.