The novel "The Stone Killer" 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.

At the height of summer, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his wife Reine-Marie arrives at a secluded hotel in the wilderness to relax and celebrate their next wedding anniversary. But, as always, it’s impossible to rest: a murder occurs in this blessed corner of Canada. The victim is one of the members of the Finny family, wealthy, respectable people who have gathered here to honor the memory of a long-dead relative. The circumstances of the murder are so mysterious that at first the investigation comes to a dead end. And only after realizing that the roots of the crime go back to the distant past, Gamache and his team begin to understand this intricacy of long-buried secrets and hatred hidden behind polite smiles.