The novel "Deadly Cold" continues the series of investigations of the brilliant Chief Inspector Armand Gamache - a new character created by the pen of Louise Penny, the only five-time Agatha Christie Award winner in the world.

In the village of Three Pines, south of Montreal, an incredible murder occurred. Death overtook Cecilia de Poitiers on the snowy surface of a frozen lake, where she and other fans were watching a curling match, and the murder weapon was a metal chair connected to a power source. Someone carefully thought out and planned the murder, leaving the victim not the slightest chance. It is not often that Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Quebec City Police has to deal with such a sophisticated and brutal criminal. But what did this woman do to deserve such a terrible death?