Penny, Louise — A Better Man

New York, Minotaur Books, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at first of two title pages (at which is printed "Signed First Edition," and the dust jacket front panel contains "Signed Edition." Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Lovely illustrated endpapers. "Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Sûreté du Québec in the latest novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny. It's Gamache's first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Flood waters are rising across the province. In the middle of the turmoil a father approaches Gamache, pleading for help in finding his daughter. As crisis piles upon crisis, Gamache tries to hold off the encroaching chaos, and realizes the search for Vivienne Godin should be abandoned. But with a daughter of his own, he finds himself developing a profound, and perhaps unwise, empathy for her distraught father. Increasingly hounded by the question, how would you feel?, he resumes the search. As the rivers rise, and the social media onslaught against Gamache becomes crueler, a body is discovered. And in the tumult, mistakes are made," from the publisher blurb. 433 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New/As New,