The Madness of Crowds--A Novel

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by Louise Penny


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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  Chapter 47

  Acknowledgments

  Also by Louise Penny

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  First published in the United States by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group

  THE MADNESS OF CROWDS. Copyright © 2021 by Three Pines Creations, Inc. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

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  Excerpt from “Waiting” from Morning in the Burned House: New Poems by Margaret Atwood. Copyright © 1995 by Margaret Atwood. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. In Canada: Copyright © 1995 by O. W. Toad. Reprinted by permission of McClelland & Stewart, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited.

  Excerpts from Vapour Trails by Marylyn Plessner (2000). Used by permission of Stephen Jarislowsky.

  Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

  Cover art: abstract painting © Agsandrew / Shutterstock.com; pine tree © Ovchinnkov Vladimir / Shutterstock.com

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Penny, Louise, author.

  Title: The madness of crowds / Louise Penny.

  Description: First Edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2021. | Series: Chief Inspector Gamache novel; 17

  Identifiers: LCCN 2021015666 | ISBN 9781250145260 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250836557 (international, sold outside the U.S., subject to rights availability) | ISBN 9781250145284 (ebook)

  Subjects: GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

  Classification: LCC PR9199.4.P464 M33 2021 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021015666

  eISBN 9781250145284

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  First U.S. Edition: 2021

  First International Edition: 2021

 

 

 


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