A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2)

by Louise Penny

The fire was lit, as were a few of the guests.

‘Gabri and I follow the way of Häagen Das. It’s occasionally a rocky road.’

Jean Guy Beauvoir was constantly at war with himself, at odds over his need to wear clothes that showed off his slender, athletic build, and his need not to freeze his tight ass off.

Galumphing

All the mistakes I’ve made have been because I’ve assumed something and then acted as though it was fact.

starts with our beliefs, and our beliefs come from our parents, and if we have a sick parent we have sick beliefs and it infects everything we think and do.’

‘God,’ he said simply. ‘In a diner.’ ‘What was he eating?’ The question was so unexpected Gamache hesitated then laughed.

‘Crie, why did you kill your mother?’