#1 New York Times Bestselling Author A CWA Dagger and Six-time Agatha Award–winning Author A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. Then wary. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead. But when the figure vanishes overnight and a body is discovered, it falls to Gamache to discover if a debt has been paid or levied.