The Madness of Crowds- Louise Penny- Crime thriller
When a statistician is giving a lecture at a hall in a village outside Quebec,
the last thing the police expect is trouble. However the speaker has a
theory about post covid and has been stirring up feelings- social media
as ever spreads things even quicker than a virus. The police limit the
number of people and everyone is searched so how on earth did
firecrackers and a gun get into the hall and having been fired narrowly
miss the target- the speaker herself? Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
was at the scene- something everyone thought would be a non event
which they tried to cancel beforehand to no avail. Three pines village
has a distinguished visitor- a nobel peace prize candidater- but Haniya
has a very hard side to her as well as the saintly side, having
endured much in her short life. This is brilliantly written and a
page turner. Much is narrative rather than action but done to keep the
reader's interest and the pages turning easily. Although one of a
series, -this is number 17-this does stand alone ( I hadn’t read the
others). To write a novel about post covid is a brave and interesting
scenario when we are just coming out of it in reality and the world
is a different place for all sorts of reasons, some of which is reflected
in the book- of people's mindsets etc. A clever concept and one
very well executed. One to keep the grey matter active and
wonder about the madness of crowds.
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