Очень храбрый человек

The novel “A Very Brave Man” continues the series of investigations by Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. This charming character was created by the pen of Louise Penny, the world's only multiple Agatha Christie Award winner. “Today is Armand Gamache’s first day with the Quebec Police, where he returned after a nine-month suspension that followed a series of rash, disastrous decisions,” detractors write on Twitter. Nevertheless, the police know: he is the best. He knows how to be bold, risky and, despite what they say in tweets, extremely effective. These are the decisions that are required from the senior inspector by the events that befall him on his first day of work. A young woman has gone missing, and he takes on the investigation, feeling deep (and perhaps foolish) sympathy for her father. Meanwhile, Quebec is facing spring flooding of epic proportions. The impending disaster brings chaos, and Armand Gamache tries to resist it. “The battle can be won on one front,” he declares. “But the war is won by many.” The ice on the rivers has already broken, bridge supports are cracking, a video has been launched on the Internet discrediting the honor of Armand Gamache... Will he have time to win his war?