Armand Gamache book 17 · 2021
The Madness of Crowds
As Quebec emerges from the pandemic, Gamache is asked to provide security for a lecture by a statistics professor whose ideas about who deserves care have caused an uproar. When a woman is killed after the event, he has to hunt a murderer in a village where tempers are running high.
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Book facts
- Author
- Louise Penny
- Series
- Armand Gamache, book 17 of 21
- Published
- 2021
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Three Pines, Quebec
- Characters charted
- 10
- Chart confidence
- Medium
Who is in The Madness of Crowds
10 recurring or key characters from Louise Penny’s chart.
Lead 1
- Armand GamacheChief Inspector of homicide, Sûreté du Québec
Major 6
- Jean-Guy BeauvoirGamache’s second-in-command, later his son-in-law
- Isabelle LacosteDetective, later head of homicide
- Clara MorrowArtist living in Three Pines
- Ruth ZardoElderly poet with a pet duck, Rosa
- Myrna LandersFormer psychologist who runs the bookshop
- Olivier BruléRuns the bistro with Gabri
Minor and cameo 3
- Reine-Marie GamacheArmand’s wife
- Annie GamacheArmand’s daughter, later Jean-Guy’s wife
- Gabri DubeauRuns the bed and breakfast with Olivier
Also featuring these characters
Other Louise Penny books that share the most characters with The Madness of Crowds.
- A Better Man2019 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Grey Wolf2024 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Kingdom of the Blind2018 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Black Wolf2025 · Armand Gamache · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon