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"An intricate old map is found stuffed into a wall of the bistro in Three Pines, and the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes. Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets. To an old friend and older adversary. It leads the former Chief of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec to places even he is afraid to go. But must. And there he finds four young cadets in the Sûreté Academy, and a dead professor. And, with the body, a copy of the old, odd map. Everywhere Gamache turns, he sees Amelia Choquet, one of the cadets. For both Choquet and Gamache, the time has come for a great reckoning." -- Back cover.
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Short review: I think this probably the best or at least one of the best of the series. There are some points where it becomes a bit unbelievable. But setting aside some of those issues, this keeps the best of the character development and mystery and sets aside most of the more fantastic elements of earlier books (no hidden weapons systems or country wide conspiracy theories.)
This is a bit of a smaller book for that and I think a better one for that.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/great-reckoning/